#CAE174#CAE174

#CAE174 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.137 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE174
RGB	rgb(202, 225, 116)
HSL	hsl(73, 64%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(73, 48%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 48.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -23.74, 50.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 55.70, 115.23°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.067 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.137 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4352, 67.6682, 26.7132)
Luminance	0.6767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE174 #8B74E1

analogous

#E1C274 #CAE174 #94E174

triadic

#CAE174 #74CAE1 #E174CA

tetradic

#CAE174 #74E1C2 #8B74E1 #E17494

square

#CAE174 #74E1C2 #8B74E1 #E17494

split-complementary

#CAE174 #7494E1 #C274E1

monochromatic

#96B427 #B7D642 #CAE174 #DDECA6 #F0F7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CAE174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#CAE174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE174

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE174	1.00	1.44	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 225, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.137 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcea9e',
    500: '#cae174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae174;
$custom-light: #dcea9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.661,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86968,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE174

secondary

#5C44B5

accent

#19CC3F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE174

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

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