#CAE35D#CAE35D

#CAE35D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.161 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE35D
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 93)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 59%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.15, -26.69, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.15, 66.69, 113.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0774 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.161 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8028, 68.2854, 20.6998)
Luminance	0.6828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE35D #765DE3

analogous

#E3B95D #CAE35D #87E35D

triadic

#CAE35D #5DCAE3 #E35DCA

tetradic

#CAE35D #5DE3B9 #765DE3 #E35D87

square

#CAE35D #5DE3B9 #765DE3 #E35D87

split-complementary

#CAE35D #5D87E3 #B95DE3

monochromatic

#8EA81D #B9DA29 #CAE35D #DBEC91 #ECF5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#CAE35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE35D

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE35D	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.161 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb90',
    500: '#cae35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae35d;
$custom-light: #ddeb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.194,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8714,
    "c": 0.16084,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE35D

secondary

#4F3AAA

accent

#13D337

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE35D

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

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