#CAE250#CAE250

#CAE250 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.170 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE250
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 80)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 64.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -27.12, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 71.40, 112.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0799 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.17 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0025, 67.5289, 17.8301)
Luminance	0.6753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE250 #6850E2

analogous

#E2B150 #CAE250 #81E250

triadic

#CAE250 #50CAE2 #E250CA

tetradic

#CAE250 #50E2B1 #6850E2 #E25081

square

#CAE250 #50E2B1 #6850E2 #E25081

split-complementary

#CAE250 #5081E2 #B150E2

monochromatic

#889E1A #B5D223 #CAE250 #DAEB84 #EAF3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#CAE250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE250

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE250	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.170 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb88',
    500: '#cae250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae250;
$custom-light: #ddeb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.863,
    "s": 71.569,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86802,
    "c": 0.16969,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE250

secondary

#4735A1

accent

#39EE57

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE250

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

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