#CAE04C#CAE04C

#CAE04C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.170 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE04C
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 76)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 66.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -26.41, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 72.02, 111.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0783 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.17 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3184, 66.3902, 16.8945)
Luminance	0.6639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE04C #624CE0

analogous

#E0AC4C #CAE04C #80E04C

triadic

#CAE04C #4CCAE0 #E04CCA

tetradic

#CAE04C #4CE0AC #624CE0 #E04C80

square

#CAE04C #4CE0AC #624CE0 #E04C80

split-complementary

#CAE04C #4C80E0 #AC4CE0

monochromatic

#85971A #B3CC23 #CAE04C #D9E980 #E9F2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#CAE04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE04C

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE04C	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)

#EFD437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.170 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde986',
    500: '#cae04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae04c;
$custom-light: #dde986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.919,
    "s": 70.476,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8633,
    "c": 0.17022,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE04C

secondary

#44359B

accent

#3BED55

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE04C

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

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