#CAE04A#CAE04A

#CAE04A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; 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	#CAE04A
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 74)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 67%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.18, -26.53, 67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.18, 72.76, 111.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0788 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.172 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2499, 66.3628, 16.5340)
Luminance	0.6636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE04A #604AE0

analogous

#E0AB4A #CAE04A #7FE04A

triadic

#CAE04A #4ACAE0 #E04ACA

tetradic

#CAE04A #4AE0AB #604AE0 #E04A7F

square

#CAE04A #4AE0AB #604AE0 #E04A7F

split-complementary

#CAE04A #4A7FE0 #AB4AE0

monochromatic

#84961A #B2CA23 #CAE04A #D9E97E #E9F2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.27

#CAE04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE04A

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE04A	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)

#EFD434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.172 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde985',
    500: '#cae04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae04a;
$custom-light: #dde985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.8,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86314,
    "c": 0.17159,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE04A

secondary

#43349A

accent

#3AEE55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE04A

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

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