#CAE162#CAE162

#CAE162 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.154 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE162
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 98)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 56%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 56.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.65, -25.34, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.65, 63.66, 113.46°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0732 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.154 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.4877, 67.2892, 21.7233)
Luminance	0.6729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE162 #7962E1

analogous

#E1B862 #CAE162 #8AE162

triadic

#CAE162 #62CAE1 #E162CA

tetradic

#CAE162 #62E1B8 #7962E1 #E1628A

square

#CAE162 #62E1B8 #7962E1 #E1628A

split-complementary

#CAE162 #628AE1 #B862E1

monochromatic

#90A820 #B9D72F #CAE162 #DBEB95 #EDF5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#CAE162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE162

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE162	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD76A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.154 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea93',
    500: '#cae162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae162;
$custom-light: #dcea93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.866,
    "s": 67.914,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86754,
    "c": 0.15421,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE162

secondary

#513DAB

accent

#16D037

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE162

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

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