#CAE140#CAE140

#CAE140 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.179 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE140
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 71.6%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -27.55, 71.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 76.67, 111.06°)
OKLab	oklab(86.46% -0.0825 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(86.46% 0.179 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2090, 66.7777, 14.9885)
Luminance	0.6678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE140 #5740E1

analogous

#E1A740 #CAE140 #7AE140

triadic

#CAE140 #40CAE1 #E140CA

tetradic

#CAE140 #40E1A7 #5740E1 #E1407A

square

#CAE140 #40E1A7 #5740E1 #E1407A

split-complementary

#CAE140 #407AE1 #A740E1

monochromatic

#7F9017 #ADC51F #CAE140 #D9E975 #E7F2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CAE140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#CAE140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE140

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE140	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.179 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deea7f',
    500: '#cae140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae140;
$custom-light: #deea7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 72.851,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86463,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE140

secondary

#3F3095

accent

#38F052

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE140

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

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