#CAE04E#CAE04E

#CAE04E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.169 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE04E
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 65.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -26.29, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 71.27, 111.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0778 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.169 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.3890, 66.4185, 17.2664)
Luminance	0.6642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE04E #644EE0

analogous

#E0AD4E #CAE04E #81E04E

triadic

#CAE04E #4ECAE0 #E04ECA

tetradic

#CAE04E #4EE0AD #644EE0 #E04E81

square

#CAE04E #4EE0AD #644EE0 #E04E81

split-complementary

#CAE04E #4E81E0 #AD4EE0

monochromatic

#86991B #B3CD24 #CAE04E #DAE982 #E9F2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#CAE04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE04E

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE04E	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)

#EED43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.169 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde987',
    500: '#cae04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae04e;
$custom-light: #dde987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.041,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86346,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE04E

secondary

#45359D

accent

#3BED56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE04E

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

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