#CAE461#CAE461

#CAE461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.159 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE461
RGB	rgb(202, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -26.85, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 65.50, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.4% -0.0775 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(87.4% 0.159 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2589, 68.9067, 21.7489)
Luminance	0.6891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE461 #7B61E4

analogous

#E4BC61 #CAE461 #88E461

triadic

#CAE461 #61CAE4 #E461CA

tetradic

#CAE461 #61E4BC #7B61E4 #E46188

square

#CAE461 #61E4BC #7B61E4 #E46188

split-complementary

#CAE461 #6188E4 #BC61E4

monochromatic

#91AD1E #B8DB2D #CAE461 #DCED95 #EDF6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CAE461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#CAE461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE461

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE461	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.159 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec92',
    500: '#cae461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae461;
$custom-light: #ddec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.908,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87399,
    "c": 0.15872,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE461

secondary

#523BAE

accent

#13D339

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE461

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

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