#CAE055#CAE055

#CAE055 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.164 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE055
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 62.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -25.83, 63.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 68.56, 112.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.41% -0.0758 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(86.41% 0.164 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6535, 66.5243, 18.6592)
Luminance	0.6652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE055 #6B55E0

analogous

#E0B055 #CAE055 #85E055

triadic

#CAE055 #55CAE0 #E055CA

tetradic

#CAE055 #55E0B0 #6B55E0 #E05585

square

#CAE055 #55E0B0 #6B55E0 #E05585

split-complementary

#CAE055 #5585E0 #B055E0

monochromatic

#899E1D #B6D226 #CAE055 #DAE989 #EAF3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#CAE055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE055

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE055	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)

#EED544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.164 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde98b',
    500: '#cae055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae055;
$custom-light: #dde98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.496,
    "s": 69.154,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86407,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE055

secondary

#4938A1

accent

#14D132

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE055

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

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