candela

SI base unit for luminous intensity (symbol: cd). The candela is the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10 12 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of (1 683) watt per steradian.
Source:
Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 70
PAC, 1996, 68, 957 (Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)) on page 964