#CAE056#CAE056

#CAE056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.163 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE056
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.27, -25.77, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.27, 68.16, 112.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0755 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.163 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.6935, 66.5403, 18.8699)
Luminance	0.6654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE056 #6C56E0

analogous

#E0B156 #CAE056 #85E056

triadic

#CAE056 #56CAE0 #E056CA

tetradic

#CAE056 #56E0B1 #6C56E0 #E05685

square

#CAE056 #56E0B1 #6C56E0 #E05685

split-complementary

#CAE056 #5685E0 #B156E0

monochromatic

#8A9F1D #B7D227 #CAE056 #DAE98A #EAF3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#CAE056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE056

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE056	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.163 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde98b',
    500: '#cae056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae056;
$custom-light: #dde98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.565,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86416,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE056

secondary

#4938A2

accent

#15D133

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE056

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

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