#CAE044#CAE044

#CAE044 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.175 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE044
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 68)
HSL	hsl(68, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -26.87, 69.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 74.89, 111.02°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0803 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.175 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0574, 66.2858, 15.5198)
Luminance	0.6629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE044 #5A44E0

analogous

#E0A844 #CAE044 #7CE044

triadic

#CAE044 #44CAE0 #E044CA

tetradic

#CAE044 #44E0A8 #5A44E0 #E0447C

square

#CAE044 #44E0A8 #5A44E0 #E0447C

split-complementary

#CAE044 #447CE0 #A844E0

monochromatic

#809118 #AFC621 #CAE044 #D9E978 #E8F1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#CAE044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE044

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE044	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.175 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee981',
    500: '#cae044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae044;
$custom-light: #dee981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.462,
    "s": 71.56,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86271,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE044

secondary

#403296

accent

#3AEE53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE044

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

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