#CAE459#CAE459

#CAE459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.165 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE459
RGB	rgb(202, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.39, -27.45, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.39, 68.78, 113.53°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.08 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.165 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9045, 68.7650, 19.8825)
Luminance	0.6876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE459 #7359E4

analogous

#E4B959 #CAE459 #85E459

triadic

#CAE459 #59CAE4 #E459CA

tetradic

#CAE459 #59E4B9 #7359E4 #E45985

square

#CAE459 #59E4B9 #7359E4 #E45985

split-complementary

#CAE459 #5985E4 #B959E4

monochromatic

#8DA71B #B9DB24 #CAE459 #DBED8E #ECF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CAE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#CAE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE459

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE459	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.165 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec8d',
    500: '#cae459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae459;
$custom-light: #ddec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.223,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8732,
    "c": 0.16525,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE459

secondary

#4D38A9

accent

#11D436

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE459

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

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