#CAE045#CAE045

#CAE045 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	#CAE045
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 69.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -26.81, 69.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 74.55, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.08 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.175 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.0881, 66.2981, 15.6819)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE045 #5B45E0

analogous

#E0A845 #CAE045 #7DE045

triadic

#CAE045 #45CAE0 #E045CA

tetradic

#CAE045 #45E0A8 #5B45E0 #E0457D

square

#CAE045 #45E0A8 #5B45E0 #E0457D

split-complementary

#CAE045 #457DE0 #A845E0

monochromatic

#819218 #AFC721 #CAE045 #D9E979 #E8F1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#CAE045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE045

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE045	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)

#EFD42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.175 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee982',
    500: '#cae045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae045;
$custom-light: #dee982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.516,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86278,
    "c": 0.17486,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE045

secondary

#413297

accent

#3AEE53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE045

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

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