#CADE55#CADE55

#CADE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.161 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE55
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -24.88, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 67.66, 111.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0731 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.161 117)
XYZ	xyz(52.1191, 65.4556, 18.4811)
Luminance	0.6545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE55 #6955DE

analogous

#DEAD55 #CADE55 #85DE55

triadic

#CADE55 #55CADE #DE55CA

tetradic

#CADE55 #55DEAD #6955DE #DE5585

square

#CADE55 #55DEAD #6955DE #DE5585

split-complementary

#CADE55 #5585DE #AD55DE

monochromatic

#889B1E #B6CE28 #CADE55 #DAE888 #EAF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#CADE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE55

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE55	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.161 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde88b',
    500: '#cade55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade55;
$custom-light: #dde88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.759,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85969,
    "c": 0.16132,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.65455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE55

secondary

#48399E

accent

#16CF31

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE55

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

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