#CAE046#CAE046

#CAE046 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.174 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE046
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 70)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 68.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -26.76, 69.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 74.20, 111.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0798 0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.174 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.1194, 66.3107, 15.8468)
Luminance	0.6631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE046 #5C46E0

analogous

#E0A946 #CAE046 #7DE046

triadic

#CAE046 #46CAE0 #E046CA

tetradic

#CAE046 #46E0A9 #5C46E0 #E0467D

square

#CAE046 #46E0A9 #5C46E0 #E0467D

split-complementary

#CAE046 #467DE0 #A946E0

monochromatic

#819319 #B0C721 #CAE046 #D9E97A #E8F2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE046 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#CAE046 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE046

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE046	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE046	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)

#EFD42D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD652

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae046;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.174 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee982',
    500: '#cae046',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae046;
$custom-light: #dee982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae046",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 71.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86285,
    "c": 0.17423,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE046

secondary

#413398

accent

#3AEE54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE046

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

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