#CAE251#CAE251

#CAE251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.169 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE251
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -27.05, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 71.01, 112.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.81% -0.0796 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(86.81% 0.169 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.0397, 67.5438, 18.0261)
Luminance	0.6754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE251 #6951E2

analogous

#E2B151 #CAE251 #81E251

triadic

#CAE251 #51CAE2 #E251CA

tetradic

#CAE251 #51E2B1 #6951E2 #E25181

square

#CAE251 #51E2B1 #6951E2 #E25181

split-complementary

#CAE251 #5181E2 #B151E2

monochromatic

#889E1A #B6D323 #CAE251 #DAEB85 #EAF3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#CAE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE251

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE251	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)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.169 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb89',
    500: '#cae251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae251;
$custom-light: #ddeb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.931,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8681,
    "c": 0.16896,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE251

secondary

#4836A1

accent

#12D332

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE251

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

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