#CAE359#CAE359

#CAE359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.164 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE359
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.11, -26.98, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.11, 68.32, 113.26°)
OKLab	oklab(87.1% -0.0786 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(87.1% 0.164 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6302, 68.2164, 19.7911)
Luminance	0.6822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE359 #7259E3

analogous

#E3B759 #CAE359 #85E359

triadic

#CAE359 #59CAE3 #E359CA

tetradic

#CAE359 #59E3B7 #7259E3 #E35985

square

#CAE359 #59E3B7 #7259E3 #E35985

split-complementary

#CAE359 #5985E3 #B759E3

monochromatic

#8DA61C #B9DA25 #CAE359 #DBEC8D #EBF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#CAE359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE359

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE359	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)

#F1D749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.164 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb8d',
    500: '#cae359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae359;
$custom-light: #ddeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.87,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87101,
    "c": 0.16406,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE359

secondary

#4D38A8

accent

#12D335

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE359

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

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