#CADE56#CADE56

#CADE56 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	#CADE56
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -24.81, 62.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 67.25, 111.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.98% -0.0728 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(85.98% 0.161 117)
XYZ	xyz(52.1591, 65.4716, 18.6918)
Luminance	0.6547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE56 #6A56DE

analogous

#DEAE56 #CADE56 #86DE56

triadic

#CADE56 #56CADE #DE56CA

tetradic

#CADE56 #56DEAE #6A56DE #DE5686

square

#CADE56 #56DEAE #6A56DE #DE5686

split-complementary

#CADE56 #5686DE #AE56DE

monochromatic

#899B1E #B6CE28 #CADE56 #DAE889 #EAF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#CADE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE56

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE56	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)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.161 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde88b',
    500: '#cade56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade56;
$custom-light: #dde88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85978,
    "c": 0.16055,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.65471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE56

secondary

#48399F

accent

#16CF31

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE56

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

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