#CAE472#CAE472

#CAE472 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.143 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE472
RGB	rgb(202, 228, 114)
HSL	hsl(74, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(74, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 50%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -25.37, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 58.10, 115.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.6% -0.0718 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(87.6% 0.143 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1382, 69.2584, 26.3798)
Luminance	0.6926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE472 #8C72E4

analogous

#E4C572 #CAE472 #91E472

triadic

#CAE472 #72CAE4 #E472CA

tetradic

#CAE472 #72E4C5 #8C72E4 #E47291

square

#CAE472 #72E4C5 #8C72E4 #E47291

split-complementary

#CAE472 #7291E4 #C572E4

monochromatic

#96B823 #B7DA3F #CAE472 #DDEEA5 #F1F8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#CAE472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE472

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE472	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 228, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.143 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcec9d',
    500: '#cae472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae472;
$custom-light: #dcec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.684,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87595,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE472

secondary

#5D42B9

accent

#16D040

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE472

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

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