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Hex #cad425

#cad425 is a great light yellow shade for your next project. Scroll down for #cad425 color information, color shades and color usage information.

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#cad425 Conversion table

Category	yellow (light yellow)
HEX	#cad425 copy to clipboard
RGB	R 202 G 212 B 37 RGB (202, 212, 37) copy to clipboard
HSL	H 63.43 S 0.7 L 0.49
CMYK	C 4% M 0% Y 69% K 17%
Usage of yellow	The color #cad425 is a great light shade. Is it suitable for text, buttons or backgrounds? Read usage recommendations ...

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#cad425 Conversion and Usage

Conversion results of this color to RGB, CMYK and HSL. Usage Recommendations on the right.

#cad425 to RGB conversion

Red	202	202% RED
Green	212	212% GREEN
Blue	37	37% BLUE

CSS code: color: rgb(202, 212, 37); // for css text color
background-color: rgb(202, 212, 37); // for css background-color

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#cad425 to CMYK conversion

Cyan	Magenta	Yellow	Black
3.92 %	0 %	68.63 %	16.86 %

#cad425 to HSL conversion

Hue	Saturation	Lightness
63.429	0.7	0.49

CSS code: color: hsl(63.4, 70%, 49%);

HSL is supported in all major browsers!

Usage of #cad425

Recommendations for light backgrounds in respect of a good contrast.

Usage for Text:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage for headings:	not recommended (low contrast)
Usage as fill color:	recommended
Usage for buttons:	watch out for enough contrast

As a rather light shade, this color can very well be used as a fill/background, also to bigger elements. If there is no obvious reason, we do not recommend using it as text-color on white backgrounds (low contrast gives bad accessability-rating). Some usage-examples for #cad425

Tints and Shades of #cad425

Tints of #cad425		Shades of #cad425
	The actual color		The actual color
	5% lighter		5% darker
	10% lighter		10% darker
	15% lighter		15% darker

Color Examples: This is a yellow Heading in #cad425

This shows how text with the hex-color #cad425 would look on a white background. Because of the lightness of the color this color is not recommended to be used as font-color. However, if you know what you are doing, feel free to use this color for anything you think it would be nice :-)!

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Yellow Color Scheme based on #cad425

Primary
#cad425 (already open)

Secondary
#2f25d4

Tertiary
#938deb

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Complementary Color: #2f25d4

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Yellow Webdesign Color Scheme based on #cad425

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