#CAE253#CAE253

#CAE253 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.167 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE253
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.79, -26.92, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.79, 70.24, 112.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.83% -0.079 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(86.83% 0.167 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1158, 67.5743, 18.4269)
Luminance	0.6757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE253 #6B53E2

analogous

#E2B253 #CAE253 #82E253

triadic

#CAE253 #53CAE2 #E253CA

tetradic

#CAE253 #53E2B2 #6B53E2 #E25382

square

#CAE253 #53E2B2 #6B53E2 #E25382

split-complementary

#CAE253 #5382E2 #B253E2

monochromatic

#89A01B #B6D424 #CAE253 #DAEB87 #EAF4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#CAE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE253

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE253	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)

#F0D641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.167 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb8a',
    500: '#cae253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae253;
$custom-light: #ddeb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.07,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86827,
    "c": 0.16749,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE253

secondary

#4937A3

accent

#12D333

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE253

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

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