#CAE379#CAE379

#CAE379 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.135 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE379
RGB	rgb(202, 227, 121)
HSL	hsl(74, 65%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(74, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 46.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -24.21, 48.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 54.42, 116.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0679 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.135 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.2777, 68.8754, 28.4676)
Luminance	0.6887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE379 #9279E3

analogous

#E3C779 #CAE379 #95E379

triadic

#CAE379 #79CAE3 #E379CA

tetradic

#CAE379 #79E3C7 #9279E3 #E37995

square

#CAE379 #79E3C7 #9279E3 #E37995

split-complementary

#CAE379 #7995E3 #C779E3

monochromatic

#98BB27 #B6D846 #CAE379 #DEEEAC #F2F8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CAE379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#CAE379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE379

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE379	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 227, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.135 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dceba2',
    500: '#cae379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae379;
$custom-light: #dceba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.151,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8747,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE379

secondary

#6146BA

accent

#18CD43

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE379

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

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