#CAE356#CAE356

#CAE356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.166 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE356
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.09, -27.19, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.09, 69.52, 113.03°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0795 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.166 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5068, 68.1670, 19.1411)
Luminance	0.6817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE356 #6F56E3

analogous

#E3B656 #CAE356 #84E356

triadic

#CAE356 #56CAE3 #E356CA

tetradic

#CAE356 #56E3B6 #6F56E3 #E35684

square

#CAE356 #56E3B6 #6F56E3 #E35684

split-complementary

#CAE356 #5684E3 #B656E3

monochromatic

#8BA41B #B8D824 #CAE356 #DAEC8B #EBF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CAE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#CAE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE356

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE356	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.166 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb8c',
    500: '#cae356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae356;
$custom-light: #ddeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.638,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87073,
    "c": 0.1664,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE356

secondary

#4B37A6

accent

#12D434

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE356

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

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