#cad862

Color #cad862

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 17.53 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 8.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cad862

RGB

rgb(202, 216, 98)

HSL

hsl(67.1, 60.2%, 61.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.1, 54.6%, 84.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 54.6%, 15.3%)

LAB

lab(83.21, -20.99, 55.61)

LCH

lch(83.21, 59.44, 110.68)

OKLCH

oklch(84.8%, 0.1434, 115.14)

HWB

hwb(67.1, 38.4%, 15.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7062d8

Analogous

#d8ab62

#cad862

#8fd862

Triadic

#cad862

#62cad8

#d862ca

Split-complementary

#cad862

#628fd8

#ab62d8

Tetradic

#cad862

#62d870

#7062d8

#d862ca

Square

#cad862

#62d8ab

#7062d8

#d8628f

Shades

Color #cad862 mixed toward black.

#bcce38

#99a82a

#737e1f

#4c5415

#262a0a

Tints

Color #cad862 mixed toward white.

#d3df7c

#dce596

#e5ecb1

#edf2cb

#f6f9e5

Tones

Color #cad862 mixed toward gray.

#c3ce6c

#bbc476

#b4bb80

#acb189

#a5a793

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.51:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.51:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d0d08b · ΔE 7.7

Deuteranopia

#cfce93 · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#cba3a8 · ΔE 39.7

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cad862;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cad862]

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Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cad862 (#cad862) is rgb(202, 216, 98) in RGB.

No, #cad862 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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