#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
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -26.03, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 67.40, 112.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.66% -0.076 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(86.66% 0.162 118)
XYZ	xyz(53.0864, 67.1287, 19.6098)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##CAE159	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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