#CAE456#CAE456

#CAE456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.168 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE456
RGB	rgb(202, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -27.66, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 69.97, 113.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.29% -0.0808 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(87.29% 0.168 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.7811, 68.7156, 19.2325)
Luminance	0.6872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE456 #7056E4

analogous

#E4B756 #CAE456 #83E456

triadic

#CAE456 #56CAE4 #E456CA

tetradic

#CAE456 #56E4B7 #7056E4 #E45683

square

#CAE456 #56E4B7 #7056E4 #E45683

split-complementary

#CAE456 #5683E4 #B756E4

monochromatic

#8CA51A #B8DA23 #CAE456 #DBEC8B #EBF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CAE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#CAE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE456

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE456	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.168 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec8c',
    500: '#cae456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae456;
$custom-light: #ddec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.986,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87293,
    "c": 0.16757,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE456

secondary

#4B37A7

accent

#11D535

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE456

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

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