#CAE261#CAE261

#CAE261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.156 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE261
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(71, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.91, -25.90, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.91, 64.55, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0748 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.156 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.7119, 67.8127, 21.5665)
Luminance	0.6781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE261 #7961E2

analogous

#E2B961 #CAE261 #89E261

triadic

#CAE261 #61CAE2 #E261CA

tetradic

#CAE261 #61E2B9 #7961E2 #E26189

square

#CAE261 #61E2B9 #7961E2 #E26189

split-complementary

#CAE261 #6189E2 #B961E2

monochromatic

#90A91F #B9D92D #CAE261 #DBEB95 #EDF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CAE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#CAE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE261

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE261	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)

#EFD753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.156 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb92',
    500: '#cae261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae261;
$custom-light: #ddeb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.163,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86962,
    "c": 0.15628,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE261

secondary

#513CAB

accent

#15D138

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE261

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

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