#CAE24C#CAE24C

#CAE24C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.172 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE24C
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 76)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 66.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.74, -27.36, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.74, 72.89, 112.05°)
OKLab	oklab(86.77% -0.0809 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(86.77% 0.172 118)
XYZ	xyz(52.8590, 67.4716, 17.0748)
Luminance	0.6747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE24C #644CE2

analogous

#E2AF4C #CAE24C #7FE24C

triadic

#CAE24C #4CCAE2 #E24CCA

tetradic

#CAE24C #4CE2AF #644CE2 #E24C7F

square

#CAE24C #4CE2AF #644CE2 #E24C7F

split-complementary

#CAE24C #4C7FE2 #AF4CE2

monochromatic

#869B19 #B3CF22 #CAE24C #DAEB81 #E9F3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#CAE24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE24C

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE24C	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)

#F1D636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.172 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb86',
    500: '#cae24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae24c;
$custom-light: #ddeb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86769,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.67471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE24C

secondary

#45349E

accent

#39EF56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE24C

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

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