#CAE161#CAE161

#CAE161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.155 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE161
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -25.42, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 64.08, 113.37°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.0735 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.155 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.4408, 67.2705, 21.4762)
Luminance	0.6727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE161 #7861E1

analogous

#E1B861 #CAE161 #8AE161

triadic

#CAE161 #61CAE1 #E161CA

tetradic

#CAE161 #61E1B8 #7861E1 #E1618A

square

#CAE161 #61E1B8 #7861E1 #E1618A

split-complementary

#CAE161 #618AE1 #B861E1

monochromatic

#8FA820 #B9D72E #CAE161 #DBEB94 #EDF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#CAE161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE161

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE161	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)

#EED653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.155 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddea92',
    500: '#cae161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae161;
$custom-light: #ddea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.781,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86743,
    "c": 0.15507,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE161

secondary

#503CAA

accent

#15D037

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE161

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

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