#CAE44A#CAE44A

#CAE44A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.176 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE44A
RGB	rgb(202, 228, 74)
HSL	hsl(70, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 67.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.27, -28.42, 68.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.27, 74.50, 112.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.19% -0.0841 0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(87.19% 0.176 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3376, 68.5382, 16.8966)
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

#CAE44A #644AE4

analogous

#E4B14A #CAE44A #7DE44A

triadic

#CAE44A #4ACAE4 #E44ACA

tetradic

#CAE44A #4AE4B1 #644AE4 #E44A7D

square

#CAE44A #4AE4B1 #644AE4 #E44A7D

split-complementary

#CAE44A #4A7DE4 #B14AE4

monochromatic

#869C17 #B3D21F #CAE44A #DAEC7F #E9F4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#CAE44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE44A

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE44A	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)

#F3D832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 228, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.176 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec85',
    500: '#cae44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae44a;
$custom-light: #ddec85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.13,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87194,
    "c": 0.17612,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE44A

secondary

#4533A0

accent

#37F156

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE44A

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

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