#CAE049#CAE049

#CAE049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.172 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE049
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.17, -26.59, 68.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.17, 73.12, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0791 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.172 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2165, 66.3495, 16.3580)
Luminance	0.6635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE049 #5F49E0

analogous

#E0AB49 #CAE049 #7EE049

triadic

#CAE049 #49CAE0 #E049CA

tetradic

#CAE049 #49E0AB #5F49E0 #E0497E

square

#CAE049 #49E0AB #5F49E0 #E0497E

split-complementary

#CAE049 #497EE0 #AB49E0

monochromatic

#839519 #B1C922 #CAE049 #D9E97D #E8F2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#CAE049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE049

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE049	1.00	1.47	14.27	14.27
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.172 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde984',
    500: '#cae049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae049;
$custom-light: #dde984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.742,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86307,
    "c": 0.17226,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE049

secondary

#43349A

accent

#3AEE54

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE049

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

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