#CAE057#CAE057

#CAE057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.162 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE057
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -25.70, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 67.76, 112.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.43% -0.0752 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.43% 0.162 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7340, 66.5565, 19.0836)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE057 #6D57E0

analogous

#E0B157 #CAE057 #85E057

triadic

#CAE057 #57CAE0 #E057CA

tetradic

#CAE057 #57E0B1 #6D57E0 #E05785

square

#CAE057 #57E0B1 #6D57E0 #E05785

split-complementary

#CAE057 #5785E0 #B157E0

monochromatic

#8A9F1D #B7D327 #CAE057 #DAEA8B #EBF3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#CAE057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE057

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE057	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)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.162 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde98c',
    500: '#cae057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae057;
$custom-light: #dde98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.635,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86425,
    "c": 0.16209,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE057

secondary

#4A39A2

accent

#15D133

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE057

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

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