#CAE04B#CAE04B

#CAE04B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.171 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE04B
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 75)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 66.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.19, -26.47, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.19, 72.39, 111.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0785 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.171 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2839, 66.3764, 16.7129)
Luminance	0.6638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE04B #614BE0

analogous

#E0AB4B #CAE04B #7FE04B

triadic

#CAE04B #4BCAE0 #E04BCA

tetradic

#CAE04B #4BE0AB #614BE0 #E04B7F

square

#CAE04B #4BE0AB #614BE0 #E04B7F

split-complementary

#CAE04B #4B7FE0 #AB4BE0

monochromatic

#84971A #B2CB23 #CAE04B #D9E97F #E9F2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#CAE04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE04B

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE04B	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.171 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde985',
    500: '#cae04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae04b;
$custom-light: #dde985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.859,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86322,
    "c": 0.17091,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE04B

secondary

#44349B

accent

#3AED55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE04B

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

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