#CAE442#CAE442

#CAE442 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.181 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE442
RGB	rgb(202, 228, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 75%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 71.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.22, -28.86, 71.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.22, 77.26, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.086 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.181 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0850, 68.4372, 15.5664)
Luminance	0.6844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE442 #5C42E4

analogous

#E4AD42 #CAE442 #79E442

triadic

#CAE442 #42CAE4 #E442CA

tetradic

#CAE442 #42E4AD #5C42E4 #E44279

square

#CAE442 #42E4AD #5C42E4 #E44279

split-complementary

#CAE442 #4279E4 #AD42E4

monochromatic

#819615 #B0CC1D #CAE442 #D9EC78 #E8F3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.69

#CAE442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE442

14.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE442	1.00	1.43	14.69	14.69
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 228, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.181 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deec81',
    500: '#cae442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae442;
$custom-light: #deec81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.63,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87137,
    "c": 0.18114,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE442

secondary

#41309A

accent

#36F254

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE442

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

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