#CAE156#CAE156

#CAE156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.164 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE156
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.54, -26.24, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.54, 68.61, 112.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0769 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.164 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9630, 67.0793, 18.9598)
Luminance	0.6708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE156 #6D56E1

analogous

#E1B256 #CAE156 #84E156

triadic

#CAE156 #56CAE1 #E156CA

tetradic

#CAE156 #56E1B2 #6D56E1 #E15684

square

#CAE156 #56E1B2 #6D56E1 #E15684

split-complementary

#CAE156 #5684E1 #B256E1

monochromatic

#8AA01C #B7D426 #CAE156 #DAEA8A #EBF3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CAE156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#CAE156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE156

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE156	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.164 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea8b',
    500: '#cae156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae156;
$custom-light: #ddea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.928,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86635,
    "c": 0.16405,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE156

secondary

#4A38A3

accent

#14D233

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE156

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

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