#CAE35E#CAE35E

#CAE35E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.160 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE35E
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 94)
HSL	hsl(71, 70%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 58.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -26.61, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 66.28, 113.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.0771 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.16 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8474, 68.3032, 20.9346)
Luminance	0.6830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE35E #775EE3

analogous

#E3B95E #CAE35E #87E35E

triadic

#CAE35E #5ECAE3 #E35ECA

tetradic

#CAE35E #5EE3B9 #775EE3 #E35E87

square

#CAE35E #5EE3B9 #775EE3 #E35E87

split-complementary

#CAE35E #5E87E3 #B95EE3

monochromatic

#8FA91D #B9DA2A #CAE35E #DBEC92 #ECF5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#CAE35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE35E

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE35E	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)

#F1D74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.160 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeb90',
    500: '#cae35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae35e;
$custom-light: #ddeb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.278,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8715,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE35E

secondary

#4F3AAB

accent

#13D237

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE35E

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

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