#CAE249#CAE249

#CAE249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.175 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE249
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.72, -27.54, 68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.72, 73.99, 111.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0817 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.175 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7572, 67.4308, 16.5382)
Luminance	0.6743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE249 #6149E2

analogous

#E2AD49 #CAE249 #7DE249

triadic

#CAE249 #49CAE2 #E249CA

tetradic

#CAE249 #49E2AD #6149E2 #E2497D

square

#CAE249 #49E2AD #6149E2 #E2497D

split-complementary

#CAE249 #497DE2 #AD49E2

monochromatic

#849818 #B2CD21 #CAE249 #D9EA7E #E9F3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#CAE249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE249

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE249	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.175 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb84',
    500: '#cae249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae249;
$custom-light: #ddeb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.412,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86746,
    "c": 0.17452,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE249

secondary

#44339C

accent

#39EF55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE249

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

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