#CAE166#CAE166

#CAE166 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.151 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE166
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 102)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 55%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 54.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -25.01, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 61.94, 113.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0719 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.151 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6813, 67.3667, 22.7429)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE166 #7D66E1

analogous

#E1BB66 #CAE166 #8DE166

triadic

#CAE166 #66CAE1 #E166CA

tetradic

#CAE166 #66E1BB #7D66E1 #E1668D

square

#CAE166 #66E1BB #7D66E1 #E1668D

split-complementary

#CAE166 #668DE1 #BB66E1

monochromatic

#91AB22 #B8D733 #CAE166 #DCEB99 #EDF5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#CAE166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE166

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE166	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)

#EED65A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.151 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea95',
    500: '#cae166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae166;
$custom-light: #dcea95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.22,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86797,
    "c": 0.15068,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE166

secondary

#533EAD

accent

#16CF39

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE166

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

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