#CAE059#CAE059

#CAE059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.161 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE059
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.30, -25.55, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.30, 66.94, 112.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.44% -0.0746 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(86.44% 0.161 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8169, 66.5896, 19.5199)
Luminance	0.6659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE059 #6F59E0

analogous

#E0B359 #CAE059 #87E059

triadic

#CAE059 #59CAE0 #E059CA

tetradic

#CAE059 #59E0B3 #6F59E0 #E05987

square

#CAE059 #59E0B3 #6F59E0 #E05987

split-complementary

#CAE059 #5987E0 #B359E0

monochromatic

#8BA11E #B8D428 #CAE059 #DAEA8D #EBF3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#CAE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE059

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE059	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.161 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde98d',
    500: '#cae059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae059;
$custom-light: #dde98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.778,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86444,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE059

secondary

#4B3AA4

accent

#15D034

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE059

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

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