#CAE040#CAE040

#CAE040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.178 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE040
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 71.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -27.07, 71.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 76.25, 110.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0812 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.178 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9394, 66.2386, 14.8987)
Luminance	0.6624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE040 #5640E0

analogous

#E0A640 #CAE040 #7AE040

triadic

#CAE040 #40CAE0 #E040CA

tetradic

#CAE040 #40E0A6 #5640E0 #E0407A

square

#CAE040 #40E0A6 #5640E0 #E0407A

split-complementary

#CAE040 #407AE0 #A640E0

monochromatic

#7E8E17 #ADC320 #CAE040 #D9E975 #E7F1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#CAE040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE040

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE040	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.178 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee97f',
    500: '#cae040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae040;
$custom-light: #dee97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.25,
    "s": 72.072,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86244,
    "c": 0.17791,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE040

secondary

#3E3194

accent

#39EF52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE040

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

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