#CAE169#CAE169

#CAE169 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.148 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE169
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 105)
HSL	hsl(72, 67%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(72, 53%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 53.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.72, -24.76, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.72, 60.63, 114.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.0709 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.148 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8328, 67.4273, 23.5407)
Luminance	0.6743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE169 #8069E1

analogous

#E1BC69 #CAE169 #8EE169

triadic

#CAE169 #69CAE1 #E169CA

tetradic

#CAE169 #69E1BC #8069E1 #E1698E

square

#CAE169 #69E1BC #8069E1 #E1698E

split-complementary

#CAE169 #698EE1 #BC69E1

monochromatic

#92AD23 #B8D736 #CAE169 #DCEB9C #EEF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#CAE169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE169

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE169	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.148 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea97',
    500: '#cae169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae169;
$custom-light: #dcea97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86832,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE169

secondary

#5540AF

accent

#17CF3A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE169

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

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