#CAE16C#CAE16C

#CAE16C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.145 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE16C
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 108)
HSL	hsl(72, 66%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(72, 52%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 52%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -24.49, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 59.30, 114.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0698 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.145 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.9897, 67.4900, 24.3671)
Luminance	0.6749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE16C #836CE1

analogous

#E1BE6C #CAE16C #8FE16C

triadic

#CAE16C #6CCAE1 #E16CCA

tetradic

#CAE16C #6CE1BE #836CE1 #E16C8F

square

#CAE16C #6CE1BE #836CE1 #E16C8F

split-complementary

#CAE16C #6C8FE1 #BE6CE1

monochromatic

#94AF24 #B8D739 #CAE16C #DCEB9F #EFF6D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#CAE16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE16C

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE16C	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.145 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea99',
    500: '#cae16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae16c;
$custom-light: #dcea99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.795,
    "s": 66.102,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86867,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE16C

secondary

#5741B0

accent

#18CE3B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE16C

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

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