#CAE35C#CAE35C

#CAE35C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.683; 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	#CAE35C
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 92)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 59.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.14, -26.76, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.14, 67.10, 113.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.13% -0.0777 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(87.13% 0.162 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.7588, 68.2678, 20.4681)
Luminance	0.6827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE35C #755CE3

analogous

#E3B85C #CAE35C #87E35C

triadic

#CAE35C #5CCAE3 #E35CCA

tetradic

#CAE35C #5CE3B8 #755CE3 #E35C87

square

#CAE35C #5CE3B8 #755CE3 #E35C87

split-complementary

#CAE35C #5C87E3 #B85CE3

monochromatic

#8EA81D #B9DA28 #CAE35C #DBEC90 #ECF5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#CAE35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE35C

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE35C	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)

#F1D74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.162 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb8f',
    500: '#cae35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae35c;
$custom-light: #ddeb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.111,
    "s": 70.681,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8713,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE35C

secondary

#4E39AA

accent

#13D336

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE35C

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

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