#CAE165#CAE165

#CAE165 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.152 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE165
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 101)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 55.1%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.68, -25.10, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.68, 62.37, 113.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.79% -0.0722 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(86.79% 0.152 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6320, 67.3470, 22.4833)
Luminance	0.6735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE165 #7C65E1

analogous

#E1BA65 #CAE165 #8CE165

triadic

#CAE165 #65CAE1 #E165CA

tetradic

#CAE165 #65E1BA #7C65E1 #E1658C

square

#CAE165 #65E1BA #7C65E1 #E1658C

split-complementary

#CAE165 #658CE1 #BA65E1

monochromatic

#91AA21 #B8D732 #CAE165 #DCEB98 #EDF5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#CAE165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE165

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE165	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD76C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.152 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea95',
    500: '#cae165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae165;
$custom-light: #dcea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.129,
    "s": 67.391,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86786,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE165

secondary

#523EAC

accent

#16CF39

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE165

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

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