#CAE053#CAE053

#CAE053 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.165 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE053
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 83)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 62.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -25.97, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 69.35, 111.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.39% -0.0764 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(86.39% 0.165 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5751, 66.4929, 18.2467)
Luminance	0.6649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE053 #6953E0

analogous

#E0B053 #CAE053 #83E053

triadic

#CAE053 #53CAE0 #E053CA

tetradic

#CAE053 #53E0B0 #6953E0 #E05383

square

#CAE053 #53E0B0 #6953E0 #E05383

split-complementary

#CAE053 #5383E0 #B053E0

monochromatic

#889C1C #B6D026 #CAE053 #DAE987 #EAF3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#CAE053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE053

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE053	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)

#EED541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.165 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde98a',
    500: '#cae053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae053;
$custom-light: #dde98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.362,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86389,
    "c": 0.16518,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE053

secondary

#4837A0

accent

#14D132

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE053

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

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