#CAE24D#CAE24D

#CAE24D 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 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE24D
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 77)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 65.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.75, -27.30, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.75, 72.52, 112.11°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0807 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.172 118)
XYZ	xyz(52.8941, 67.4856, 17.2593)
Luminance	0.6748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE24D #654DE2

analogous

#E2AF4D #CAE24D #80E24D

triadic

#CAE24D #4DCAE2 #E24DCA

tetradic

#CAE24D #4DE2AF #654DE2 #E24D80

square

#CAE24D #4DE2AF #654DE2 #E24D80

split-complementary

#CAE24D #4D80E2 #AF4DE2

monochromatic

#869B19 #B4D022 #CAE24D #DAEB82 #E9F3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#CAE24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE24D

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE24D	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.172 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb86',
    500: '#cae24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae24d;
$custom-light: #ddeb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.664,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86777,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.67485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE24D

secondary

#46349F

accent

#39EF56

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE24D

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

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