#CAE23A#CAE23A

#CAE23A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.183 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE23A
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 58)
HSL	hsl(69, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 74.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -28.30, 73.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 78.98, 111.00°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0851 0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.183 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3184, 67.2553, 14.2276)
Luminance	0.6725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE23A #523AE2

analogous

#E2A63A #CAE23A #76E23A

triadic

#CAE23A #3ACAE2 #E23ACA

tetradic

#CAE23A #3AE2A6 #523AE2 #E23A76

square

#CAE23A #3AE2A6 #523AE2 #E23A76

split-complementary

#CAE23A #3A76E2 #A63AE2

monochromatic

#7C8D15 #ABC21D #CAE23A #D8EA6F #E7F2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#CAE23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE23A

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE23A	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D611

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.183 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deeb7d',
    500: '#cae23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae23a;
$custom-light: #deeb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 74.336,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86647,
    "c": 0.18343,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE23A

secondary

#3C2E92

accent

#37F151

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE23A

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

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