#CADF37#CADF37

#CADF37 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.182 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CADF37
RGB	rgb(202, 223, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.4%, 0%, 75.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -27.01, 73.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 78.67, 110.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.97% -0.0818 0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(85.97% 0.182 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4357, 65.6084, 13.5678)
Luminance	0.6561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CADF37 #4C37DF

analogous

#DFA037 #CADF37 #76DF37

triadic

#CADF37 #37CADF #DF37CA

tetradic

#CADF37 #37DFA0 #4C37DF #DF3776

square

#CADF37 #37DFA0 #4C37DF #DF3776

split-complementary

#CADF37 #3776DF #A037DF

monochromatic

#788615 #A7BB1E #CADF37 #D8E76C #E6F0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CADF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#CADF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CADF37

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CADF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CADF37	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cadf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 223, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.182 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee87b',
    500: '#cadf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cadf37;
$custom-light: #dee87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cadf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8597,
    "c": 0.18175,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CADF37

secondary

#3A2E8C

accent

#39EF4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CADF37

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

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