#cad059

Color #cad059

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 17.64 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-200 #fff085 · ΔE 9.8

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Conversions

HEX

#cad059

RGB

rgb(202, 208, 89)

HSL

hsl(63, 55.9%, 58.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(63, 57.2%, 81.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 57.2%, 18.4%)

LAB

lab(80.96, -17.77, 57.09)

LCH

lch(80.96, 59.79, 107.29)

OKLCH

oklch(83%, 0.142, 111.78)

HWB

hwb(63, 34.9%, 18.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5f59d0

Analogous

#d09a59

#cad059

#8ed059

Triadic

#cad059

#59cad0

#d059ca

Split-complementary

#cad059

#598ed0

#9a59d0

Tetradic

#cad059

#59d05f

#5f59d0

#d059ca

Square

#cad059

#59d09a

#5f59d0

#d0598e

Shades

Color #cad059 mixed toward black.

#bac137

#959a2c

#707421

#4a4d16

#25270b

Tints

Color #cad059 mixed toward white.

#d3d875

#dce090

#e5e7ac

#edefc8

#f6f7e3

Tones

Color #cad059 mixed toward gray.

#c1c663

#b8bc6d

#afb277

#a6a881

#9d9e8a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.68:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.68:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#cdcd83 · ΔE 6.6

Deuteranopia

#cccc8b · ΔE 8.3

Tritanopia

#ca9ba0 · ΔE 40.3

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 25.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cad059;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cad059]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cad059 (#cad059) is rgb(202, 208, 89) in RGB.

No, #cad059 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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