#CAE151#CAE151

#CAE151 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.168 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE151
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 64%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -26.58, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 70.57, 112.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0783 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.168 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7686, 67.0016, 17.9357)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE151 #6851E1

analogous

#E1B051 #CAE151 #82E151

triadic

#CAE151 #51CAE1 #E151CA

tetradic

#CAE151 #51E1B0 #6851E1 #E15182

square

#CAE151 #51E1B0 #6851E1 #E15182

split-complementary

#CAE151 #5182E1 #B051E1

monochromatic

#889D1B #B5D124 #CAE151 #DAEA85 #EAF3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CAE151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#CAE151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE151

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE151	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D5C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.168 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea89',
    500: '#cae151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae151;
$custom-light: #ddea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86591,
    "c": 0.16781,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE151

secondary

#4736A0

accent

#3AED57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE151

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

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