#CAE052#CAE052

#CAE052 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.166 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE052
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 82)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 63.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.24, -26.04, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.24, 69.74, 111.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.38% -0.0767 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(86.38% 0.166 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5368, 66.4776, 18.0448)
Luminance	0.6648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE052 #6852E0

analogous

#E0AF52 #CAE052 #83E052

triadic

#CAE052 #52CAE0 #E052CA

tetradic

#CAE052 #52E0AF #6852E0 #E05283

square

#CAE052 #52E0AF #6852E0 #E05283

split-complementary

#CAE052 #5283E0 #AF52E0

monochromatic

#889C1C #B5D025 #CAE052 #DAE986 #EAF3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#CAE052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE052

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE052	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.166 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde989',
    500: '#cae052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae052;
$custom-light: #dde989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.296,
    "s": 69.608,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8638,
    "c": 0.16592,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE052

secondary

#47379F

accent

#3BEC57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE052

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

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