#CAE160#CAE160

#CAE160 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.156 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE160
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -25.50, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 64.50, 113.29°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.0738 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.156 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.3945, 67.2519, 21.2321)
Luminance	0.6725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE160 #7760E1

analogous

#E1B860 #CAE160 #89E160

triadic

#CAE160 #60CAE1 #E160CA

tetradic

#CAE160 #60E1B8 #7760E1 #E16089

square

#CAE160 #60E1B8 #7760E1 #E16089

split-complementary

#CAE160 #6089E1 #B860E1

monochromatic

#8FA720 #B9D72D #CAE160 #DBEB93 #ECF4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#CAE160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE160

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE160	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.156 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea91',
    500: '#cae160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae160;
$custom-light: #ddea91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.698,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86733,
    "c": 0.15592,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE160

secondary

#4F3CA9

accent

#15D037

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE160

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

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