#CADE57#CADE57

#CADE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.160 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE57
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.73, -24.74, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.73, 66.85, 111.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.0725 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.16 117)
XYZ	xyz(52.1997, 65.4878, 18.9055)
Luminance	0.6549 (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

#CADE57 #6B57DE

analogous

#DEAE57 #CADE57 #86DE57

triadic

#CADE57 #57CADE #DE57CA

tetradic

#CADE57 #57DEAE #6B57DE #DE5786

square

#CADE57 #57DEAE #6B57DE #DE5786

split-complementary

#CADE57 #5786DE #AE57DE

monochromatic

#899C1F #B6CF29 #CADE57 #DAE88A #EAF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#CADE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE57

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE57	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.160 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde88c',
    500: '#cade57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade57;
$custom-light: #dde88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85988,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.65487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE57

secondary

#493AA0

accent

#16CF32

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE57

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

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