#CAE35B#CAE35B

#CAE35B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.162 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE35B
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 91)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 59.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.13, -26.84, 61.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.13, 67.51, 113.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.12% -0.078 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(87.12% 0.162 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7154, 68.2504, 20.2394)
Luminance	0.6825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE35B #745BE3

analogous

#E3B85B #CAE35B #86E35B

triadic

#CAE35B #5BCAE3 #E35BCA

tetradic

#CAE35B #5BE3B8 #745BE3 #E35B86

square

#CAE35B #5BE3B8 #745BE3 #E35B86

split-complementary

#CAE35B #5B86E3 #B85BE3

monochromatic

#8EA71D #B9DA27 #CAE35B #DBEC8F #ECF5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#CAE35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE35B

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE35B	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.162 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb8f',
    500: '#cae35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae35b;
$custom-light: #ddeb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.029,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8712,
    "c": 0.16247,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE35B

secondary

#4E39A9

accent

#13D336

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE35B

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

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