#CADE51#CADE51

#CADE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.164 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE51
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.69, -25.15, 64.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.69, 69.24, 111.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.0743 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.164 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9647, 65.3938, 17.6678)
Luminance	0.6539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE51 #6551DE

analogous

#DEAC51 #CADE51 #83DE51

triadic

#CADE51 #51CADE #DE51CA

tetradic

#CADE51 #51DEAC #6551DE #DE5183

square

#CADE51 #51DEAC #6551DE #DE5183

split-complementary

#CADE51 #5183DE #AC51DE

monochromatic

#86981D #B4CB27 #CADE51 #DAE884 #E9F2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#CADE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE51

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE51	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.164 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde888',
    500: '#cade51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade51;
$custom-light: #dde888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.511,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85933,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE51

secondary

#46379C

accent

#3DEB56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE51

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

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