#CAE259#CAE259

#CAE259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.163 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE259
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -26.51, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 67.86, 112.99°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0773 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.163 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.3575, 67.6710, 19.7002)
Luminance	0.6767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE259 #7159E2

analogous

#E2B659 #CAE259 #86E259

triadic

#CAE259 #59CAE2 #E259CA

tetradic

#CAE259 #59E2B6 #7159E2 #E25986

square

#CAE259 #59E2B6 #7159E2 #E25986

split-complementary

#CAE259 #5986E2 #B659E2

monochromatic

#8CA41D #B9D826 #CAE259 #DBEB8D #EBF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CAE259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#CAE259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE259

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE259	1.00	1.44	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.163 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb8d',
    500: '#cae259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae259;
$custom-light: #ddeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.511,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86882,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE259

secondary

#4C39A6

accent

#13D235

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE259

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

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