#CAE05C#CAE05C

#CAE05C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.158 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE05C
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 92)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 58.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.32, -25.33, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.32, 65.71, 112.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0737 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.158 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.9454, 66.6410, 20.1970)
Luminance	0.6664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE05C #725CE0

analogous

#E0B45C #CAE05C #88E05C

triadic

#CAE05C #5CCAE0 #E05CCA

tetradic

#CAE05C #5CE0B4 #725CE0 #E05C88

square

#CAE05C #5CE0B4 #725CE0 #E05C88

split-complementary

#CAE05C #5C88E0 #B45CE0

monochromatic

#8DA31F #B9D629 #CAE05C #DBEA8F #EBF4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CAE05C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.33

#CAE05C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE05C

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE05C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE05C	1.00	1.47	14.33	14.33
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.158 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde98f',
    500: '#cae05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae05c;
$custom-light: #dde98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 68.041,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86473,
    "c": 0.15808,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE05C

secondary

#4D3BA5

accent

#16D035

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE05C

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

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