#CAE245#CAE245

#CAE245 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.177 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE245
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 69)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 69.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.70, -27.76, 70.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.70, 75.40, 111.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.0827 0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.177 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6288, 67.3795, 15.8621)
Luminance	0.6738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE245 #5D45E2

analogous

#E2AB45 #CAE245 #7BE245

triadic

#CAE245 #45CAE2 #E245CA

tetradic

#CAE245 #45E2AB #5D45E2 #E2457B

square

#CAE245 #45E2AB #5D45E2 #E2457B

split-complementary

#CAE245 #457BE2 #AB45E2

monochromatic

#829517 #B0CA20 #CAE245 #D9EA7A #E8F3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#CAE245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE245

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE245	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.177 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deeb82',
    500: '#cae245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae245;
$custom-light: #deeb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.172,
    "s": 73.023,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86717,
    "c": 0.17709,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE245

secondary

#42329A

accent

#38F054

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE245

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

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