#CAE451#CAE451

#CAE451 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.171 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE451
RGB	rgb(202, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -28.00, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 71.91, 112.91°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0822 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.171 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5867, 68.6378, 18.2084)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE451 #6B51E4

analogous

#E4B451 #CAE451 #80E451

triadic

#CAE451 #51CAE4 #E451CA

tetradic

#CAE451 #51E4B4 #6B51E4 #E45180

square

#CAE451 #51E4B4 #6B51E4 #E45180

split-complementary

#CAE451 #5180E4 #B451E4

monochromatic

#89A219 #B6D721 #CAE451 #DAEC86 #EAF4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CAE451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#CAE451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE451

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE451	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.171 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec89',
    500: '#cae451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae451;
$custom-light: #ddec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.612,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87249,
    "c": 0.17128,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE451

secondary

#4935A4

accent

#10D533

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE451

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

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