#CAE227#CAE227

#CAE227 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.192 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE227
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 83%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 82.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.55, -28.99, 78.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.55, 84.01, 110.19°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0883 0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.192 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9211, 67.0964, 12.1348)
Luminance	0.6710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE227 #3F27E2

analogous

#E29D27 #CAE227 #6CE227

triadic

#CAE227 #27CAE2 #E227CA

tetradic

#CAE227 #27E29D #3F27E2 #E2276C

square

#CAE227 #27E29D #3F27E2 #E2276C

split-complementary

#CAE227 #276CE2 #9D27E2

monochromatic

#707E11 #A0B418 #CAE227 #D7E95D #E4F093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CAE227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#CAE227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE227

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE227	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.192 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfeb75',
    500: '#cae227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae227;
$custom-light: #dfeb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.701,
    "s": 76.327,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86557,
    "c": 0.19181,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE227

secondary

#342885

accent

#35F34D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161609

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE227

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

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