#CAE051#CAE051

#CAE051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.167 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE051
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.23, -26.10, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.23, 70.12, 111.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.37% -0.0769 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(86.37% 0.167 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.4990, 66.4625, 17.8459)
Luminance	0.6646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE051 #6751E0

analogous

#E0AF51 #CAE051 #82E051

triadic

#CAE051 #51CAE0 #E051CA

tetradic

#CAE051 #51E0AF #6751E0 #E05182

square

#CAE051 #51E0AF #6751E0 #E05182

split-complementary

#CAE051 #5182E0 #AF51E0

monochromatic

#879B1C #B5CF25 #CAE051 #DAE985 #EAF3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#CAE051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE051

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE051	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.167 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde988',
    500: '#cae051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae051;
$custom-light: #dde988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86371,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE051

secondary

#47379F

accent

#3BED57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE051

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

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