#CAE357#CAE357

#CAE357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.166 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE357
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -27.12, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 69.12, 113.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0792 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.166 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5474, 68.1832, 19.3548)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE357 #7057E3

analogous

#E3B657 #CAE357 #84E357

triadic

#CAE357 #57CAE3 #E357CA

tetradic

#CAE357 #57E3B6 #7057E3 #E35784

square

#CAE357 #57E3B6 #7057E3 #E35784

split-complementary

#CAE357 #5784E3 #B657E3

monochromatic

#8CA41B #B8D924 #CAE357 #DBEC8B #EBF4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#CAE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE357

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE357	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)

#F1D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.166 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb8c',
    500: '#cae357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae357;
$custom-light: #ddeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87082,
    "c": 0.16562,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE357

secondary

#4B38A7

accent

#12D335

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE357

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

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