#CAE260#CAE260

#CAE260 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.157 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE260
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 96)
HSL	hsl(71, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 57.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -25.98, 59.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 64.97, 113.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.95% -0.0752 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(86.95% 0.157 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6656, 67.7942, 21.3225)
Luminance	0.6779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE260 #7860E2

analogous

#E2B960 #CAE260 #89E260

triadic

#CAE260 #60CAE2 #E260CA

tetradic

#CAE260 #60E2B9 #7860E2 #E26089

square

#CAE260 #60E2B9 #7860E2 #E26089

split-complementary

#CAE260 #6089E2 #B960E2

monochromatic

#8FA91F #B9D92C #CAE260 #DBEB94 #EDF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CAE260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#CAE260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE260

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE260	1.00	1.44	14.56	14.56
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.157 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb92',
    500: '#cae260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae260;
$custom-light: #ddeb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.077,
    "s": 69.149,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86951,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE260

secondary

#503BAB

accent

#14D137

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE260

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

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