#CADE4C#CADE4C

#CADE4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.168 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE4C
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 76)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 65.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.65, -25.46, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.65, 71.15, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0756 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.168 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7840, 65.3215, 16.7164)
Luminance	0.6532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE4C #604CDE

analogous

#DEA94C #CADE4C #81DE4C

triadic

#CADE4C #4CCADE #DE4CCA

tetradic

#CADE4C #4CDEA9 #604CDE #DE4C81

square

#CADE4C #4CDEA9 #604CDE #DE4C81

split-complementary

#CADE4C #4C81DE #A94CDE

monochromatic

#84941B #B2C825 #CADE4C #D9E880 #E9F1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#CADE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE4C

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE4C	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)

#EDD337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.168 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde885',
    500: '#cade4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade4c;
$custom-light: #dde885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.219,
    "s": 68.868,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85892,
    "c": 0.16797,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE4C

secondary

#433599

accent

#3CEC54

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE4C

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

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