#CAE159#CAE159

#CAE159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.162 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CAE159
RGBrgb(202, 225, 89)
HSLhsl(70, 69%, 62%)
HSVhsv(70, 60%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(10.2%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(85.57, -26.03, 62.17)
CIE-LCHlch(85.57, 67.40, 112.72°)
OKLaboklab(86.66% -0.076 0.1427)
OKLCHoklch(86.66% 0.162 118)
XYZxyz(53.0864, 67.1287, 19.6098)
Luminance0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CAE159 #7059E1
analogous
#E1B459 #CAE159 #86E159
triadic
#CAE159 #59CAE1 #E159CA
tetradic
#CAE159 #59E1B4 #7059E1 #E15986
square
#CAE159 #59E1B4 #7059E1 #E15986
split-complementary
#CAE159 #5986E1 #B459E1
monochromatic
#8CA21D #B8D627 #CAE159 #DBEA8D #EBF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46
#CAE159 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43
#CAE159 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE159
14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CAE159#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CAE1591.001.4614.4314.43
#FFFFFF1.461.0021.0021.00
#00000014.4321.001.001.00
##00000014.4321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD649
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD762
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5D6C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cae159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.162 118.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea8d',
    500: '#cae159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cae159;
$custom-light: #ddea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cae159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.147,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86663,
    "c": 0.16169,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.67128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CAE159
secondary
#4B39A5
accent
#14D134
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE159

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#CAE159 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva