#CAE23B#CAE23B

#CAE23B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.183 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE23B
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 59)
HSL	hsl(69, 74%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 73.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.64, -28.26, 73.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.64, 78.68, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0849 0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.183 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.3441, 67.2656, 14.3629)
Luminance	0.6726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE23B #533BE2

analogous

#E2A63B #CAE23B #76E23B

triadic

#CAE23B #3BCAE2 #E23BCA

tetradic

#CAE23B #3BE2A6 #533BE2 #E23B76

square

#CAE23B #3BE2A6 #533BE2 #E23B76

split-complementary

#CAE23B #3B76E2 #A63BE2

monochromatic

#7C8E15 #ABC31D #CAE23B #D8EA70 #E7F2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#CAE23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE23B

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE23B	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)

#F1D614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.183 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deeb7d',
    500: '#cae23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae23b;
$custom-light: #deeb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.623,
    "s": 74.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86653,
    "c": 0.18289,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE23B

secondary

#3D2E93

accent

#37F152

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE23B

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

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