#CAE157#CAE157

#CAE157 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.163 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE157
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, -26.17, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 68.21, 112.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0766 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.163 118)
XYZ	xyz(53.0036, 67.0956, 19.1735)
Luminance	0.6710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE157 #6E57E1

analogous

#E1B357 #CAE157 #85E157

triadic

#CAE157 #57CAE1 #E157CA

tetradic

#CAE157 #57E1B3 #6E57E1 #E15785

square

#CAE157 #57E1B3 #6E57E1 #E15785

split-complementary

#CAE157 #5785E1 #B357E1

monochromatic

#8BA11D #B8D526 #CAE157 #DAEA8B #EBF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CAE157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#CAE157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE157

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE157	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)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.163 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea8c',
    500: '#cae157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae157;
$custom-light: #ddea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86644,
    "c": 0.16327,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.67095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE157

secondary

#4A38A4

accent

#14D233

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE157

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

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