#CAE351#CAE351
#CAE351 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.170 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #CAE351 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 227, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(70, 72%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(70, 64%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11%, 0%, 64.3%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.05, -27.52, 65.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.05, 71.46, 112.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.03% -0.0809 0.1497) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.03% 0.17 118.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.3124, 68.0892, 18.1170) |
| Luminance | 0.6809 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.67
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 4.59
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.10
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 5.18
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 5.90
Greeny Yellow
#C6F808
ΔE00 6.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CAE351 #6A51E3
analogous
#E3B351 #CAE351 #81E351
triadic
#CAE351 #51CAE3 #E351CA
tetradic
#CAE351 #51E3B3 #6A51E3 #E35181
square
#CAE351 #51E3B3 #6A51E3 #E35181
split-complementary
#CAE351 #5181E3 #B351E3
monochromatic
#89A01A #B6D522 #CAE351 #DAEB86 #EAF4BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.44
#CAE351 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.62
#CAE351 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CAE351
14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CAE351 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CAE351 | 1.00 | 1.44 | 14.62 | 14.62 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.44 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.62 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F1D73D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFD85B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5D7C5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D7D7D7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #cae351; /* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.170 118.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ddeb89',
500: '#cae351',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #cae351; $custom-light: #ddeb89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#cae351",
"rgb": {
"r": 202,
"g": 227,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 70.274,
"s": 72.277,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87029,
"c": 0.17012,
"h": 118.4
},
"luminance": 0.68089
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CAE351
secondary
#4835A3
accent
#11D433
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160C
muted
#84847F