#CAE338#CAE338

#CAE338 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.186 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE338
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 75.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.90, -28.86, 74.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.90, 79.99, 111.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0868 0.164)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.186 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5413, 67.7808, 14.0557)
Luminance	0.6778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE338 #5138E3

analogous

#E3A638 #CAE338 #74E338

triadic

#CAE338 #38CAE3 #E338CA

tetradic

#CAE338 #38E3A6 #5138E3 #E33874

square

#CAE338 #38E3A6 #5138E3 #E33874

split-complementary

#CAE338 #3874E3 #A638E3

monochromatic

#7B8D14 #AAC21B #CAE338 #D8EB6E #E7F2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CAE338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.56

#CAE338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE338

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE338	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)

#F2D608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.186 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deeb7c',
    500: '#cae338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae338;
$custom-light: #deeb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.772,
    "s": 75.33,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86856,
    "c": 0.18554,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE338

secondary

#3C2D92

accent

#36F251

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE338

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

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