#CAE037#CAE037

#CAE037 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.183 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE037
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -27.49, 74.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 79.07, 110.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.0831 0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.183 117)
XYZ	xyz(51.7037, 66.1443, 13.6571)
Luminance	0.6614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE037 #4D37E0

analogous

#E0A237 #CAE037 #75E037

triadic

#CAE037 #37CAE0 #E037CA

tetradic

#CAE037 #37E0A2 #4D37E0 #E03775

square

#CAE037 #37E0A2 #4D37E0 #E03775

split-complementary

#CAE037 #3775E0 #A237E0

monochromatic

#798815 #A8BD1D #CAE037 #D8E86C #E6F0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CAE037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#CAE037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE037

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE037	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.183 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee97b',
    500: '#cae037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae037;
$custom-light: #dee97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.811,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8619,
    "c": 0.18282,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.66144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE037

secondary

#3A2E8E

accent

#38F050

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE037

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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