#CAE274#CAE274

#CAE274 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.139 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE274
RGB	rgb(202, 226, 116)
HSL	hsl(73, 65%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(73, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 48.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -24.22, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 56.20, 115.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0684 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.139 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7063, 68.2105, 26.8036)
Luminance	0.6821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE274 #8C74E2

analogous

#E2C374 #CAE274 #93E274

triadic

#CAE274 #74CAE2 #E274CA

tetradic

#CAE274 #74E2C3 #8C74E2 #E27493

square

#CAE274 #74E2C3 #8C74E2 #E27493

split-complementary

#CAE274 #7493E2 #C374E2

monochromatic

#96B626 #B7D741 #CAE274 #DDEDA7 #F1F7D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#CAE274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE274

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE274	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 226, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.139 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb9e',
    500: '#cae274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae274;
$custom-light: #dceb9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.091,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87185,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE274

secondary

#5D44B6

accent

#18CD40

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE274

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

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