#CAE256#CAE256

#CAE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.165 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE256
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.82, -26.72, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.82, 69.06, 112.76°)
OKLab	oklab(86.85% -0.0782 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(86.85% 0.165 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2341, 67.6216, 19.0502)
Luminance	0.6762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE256 #6E56E2

analogous

#E2B456 #CAE256 #84E256

triadic

#CAE256 #56CAE2 #E256CA

tetradic

#CAE256 #56E2B4 #6E56E2 #E25684

square

#CAE256 #56E2B4 #6E56E2 #E25684

split-complementary

#CAE256 #5684E2 #B456E2

monochromatic

#8BA21C #B8D625 #CAE256 #DAEB8A #EBF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CAE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.52

#CAE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE256

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE256	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)

#F0D645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.165 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb8c',
    500: '#cae256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae256;
$custom-light: #ddeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.286,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86854,
    "c": 0.16522,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.67621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE256

secondary

#4A38A5

accent

#13D334

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE256

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

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