#CAE462#CAE462

#CAE462 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.158 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE462
RGB	rgb(202, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(72, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.47, -26.77, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.47, 65.08, 114.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0772 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.158 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3058, 68.9255, 21.9960)
Luminance	0.6893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE462 #7C62E4

analogous

#E4BD62 #CAE462 #89E462

triadic

#CAE462 #62CAE4 #E462CA

tetradic

#CAE462 #62E4BD #7C62E4 #E46289

square

#CAE462 #62E4BD #7C62E4 #E46289

split-complementary

#CAE462 #6289E4 #BD62E4

monochromatic

#91AE1E #B8DB2E #CAE462 #DCED96 #EDF6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CAE462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#CAE462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE462

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE462	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.158 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddec93',
    500: '#cae462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae462;
$custom-light: #ddec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8741,
    "c": 0.15787,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE462

secondary

#523BAF

accent

#13D339

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE462

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

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