#CAE079#CAE079

#CAE079 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.131 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE079
RGB	rgb(202, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(73, 62%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(73, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 46%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -22.76, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 52.89, 115.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.82% -0.0638 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(86.82% 0.131 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.4643, 67.2486, 28.1965)
Luminance	0.6725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE079 #8F79E0

analogous

#E0C379 #CAE079 #96E079

triadic

#CAE079 #79CAE0 #E079CA

tetradic

#CAE079 #79E0C3 #8F79E0 #E07996

square

#CAE079 #79E0C3 #8F79E0 #E07996

split-complementary

#CAE079 #7996E0 #C379E0

monochromatic

#97B52A #B6D547 #CAE079 #DEEBAB #F1F7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#CAE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE079

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE079	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.131 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dce9a2',
    500: '#cae079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae079;
$custom-light: #dce9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.816,
    "s": 62.424,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86818,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE079

secondary

#5F47B6

accent

#1BCA41

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE079

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

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