#CADE59#CADE59

#CADE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.158 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADE59
RGB	rgb(202, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -24.60, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 66.03, 111.87°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.072 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.158 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2825, 65.5209, 19.3418)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADE59 #6D59DE

analogous

#DEB059 #CADE59 #87DE59

triadic

#CADE59 #59CADE #DE59CA

tetradic

#CADE59 #59DEB0 #6D59DE #DE5987

square

#CADE59 #59DEB0 #6D59DE #DE5987

split-complementary

#CADE59 #5987DE #B059DE

monochromatic

#8A9D1F #B7D029 #CADE59 #DAE88C #EBF2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#CADE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADE59

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADE59	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)

#ECD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cade59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.158 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde88d',
    500: '#cade59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cade59;
$custom-light: #dde88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cade59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.023,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86007,
    "c": 0.15816,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADE59

secondary

#4A3AA1

accent

#17CF32

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADE59

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

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