#CADE4A#CADE4A

#CADE4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.169 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE4A
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 74)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 66.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -25.58, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 71.90, 110.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.0762 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.169 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.7156, 65.2942, 16.3559)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE4A #5E4ADE

analogous

#DEA84A #CADE4A #80DE4A

triadic

#CADE4A #4ACADE #DE4ACA

tetradic

#CADE4A #4ADEA8 #5E4ADE #DE4A80

square

#CADE4A #4ADEA8 #5E4ADE #DE4A80

split-complementary

#CADE4A #4A80DE #A84ADE

monochromatic

#83931B #B1C724 #CADE4A #D9E77E #E8F1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#CADE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE4A

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE4A	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.169 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde884',
    500: '#cade4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade4a;
$custom-light: #dde884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85876,
    "c": 0.16934,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE4A

secondary

#423598

accent

#3CEC54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE4A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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