#CAE36A#CAE36A

#CAE36A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.150 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE36A
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 106)
HSL	hsl(72, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(72, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 53.3%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -25.63, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 61.16, 114.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0732 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.15 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.4283, 68.5356, 23.9942)
Luminance	0.6854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE36A #836AE3

analogous

#E3C06A #CAE36A #8DE36A

triadic

#CAE36A #6ACAE3 #E36ACA

tetradic

#CAE36A #6AE3C0 #836AE3 #E36A8D

square

#CAE36A #6AE3C0 #836AE3 #E36A8D

split-complementary

#CAE36A #6A8DE3 #C06AE3

monochromatic

#94B121 #B8D936 #CAE36A #DCED9E #EFF6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#CAE36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE36A

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE36A	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D85E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.150 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceb98',
    500: '#cae36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae36a;
$custom-light: #dceb98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.397,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8728,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE36A

secondary

#573FB2

accent

#15D03C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE36A

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

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