#cadd3e

Color #cadd3e

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 15.2 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cadd3e

RGB

rgb(202, 221, 62)

HSL

hsl(67.2, 70%, 55.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.2, 71.9%, 86.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 13.3%)

LAB

lab(84.29, -25.75, 71.16)

LCH

lch(84.29, 75.68, 109.89)

OKLCH

oklch(85.6%, 0.1758, 116.23)

HWB

hwb(67.2, 24.3%, 13.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#513edd

Analogous

#dda13e

#cadd3e

#7add3e

Triadic

#cadd3e

#3ecadd

#dd3eca

Split-complementary

#cadd3e

#3e7add

#a13edd

Tetradic

#cadd3e

#3edd51

#513edd

#dd3eca

Square

#cadd3e

#3edda1

#513edd

#dd3e7a

Shades

Color #cadd3e mixed toward black.

#b5c823

#91a01c

#6c7815

#48500e

#242807

Tints

Color #cadd3e mixed toward white.

#d3e35e

#dce87e

#e4ee9f

#edf4bf

#f6f9df

Tones

Color #cadd3e mixed toward gray.

#c0d04b

#b6c259

#acb566

#a2a873

#989b80

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.51:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.92:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.92:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d3d37f · ΔE 9.1

Deuteranopia

#d1d089 · ΔE 11.2

Tritanopia

#cb9ea4 · ΔE 44.8

Achromatopsia

#d2d2d2 · ΔE 28

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cadd3e;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cadd3e]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

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Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cadd3e (#cadd3e) is rgb(202, 221, 62) in RGB.

No, #cadd3e 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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