#CAE255#CAE255

#CAE255 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.166 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE255
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 62.4%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.81, -26.79, 64.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.81, 69.46, 112.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0785 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.166 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1941, 67.6056, 18.8395)
Luminance	0.6761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE255 #6D55E2

analogous

#E2B355 #CAE255 #83E255

triadic

#CAE255 #55CAE2 #E255CA

tetradic

#CAE255 #55E2B3 #6D55E2 #E25583

square

#CAE255 #55E2B3 #6D55E2 #E25583

split-complementary

#CAE255 #5583E2 #B355E2

monochromatic

#8AA11B #B7D524 #CAE255 #DAEB89 #EBF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#CAE255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE255

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE255	1.00	1.45	14.52	14.52
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.166 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb8b',
    500: '#cae255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae255;
$custom-light: #ddeb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.213,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86845,
    "c": 0.16599,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE255

secondary

#4A37A4

accent

#13D333

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE255

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

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