#CAE549#CAE549

#CAE549 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.178 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE549
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 73)
HSL	hsl(70, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 68.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.54, -28.95, 69.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.54, 75.29, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0856 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.178 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5801, 69.0766, 16.8125)
Luminance	0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE549 #6449E5

analogous

#E5B249 #CAE549 #7CE549

triadic

#CAE549 #49CAE5 #E549CA

tetradic

#CAE549 #49E5B2 #6449E5 #E5497C

square

#CAE549 #49E5B2 #6449E5 #E5497C

split-complementary

#CAE549 #497CE5 #B249E5

monochromatic

#869D16 #B3D31E #CAE549 #DAED7F #E9F4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CAE549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#CAE549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE549

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE549	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6D9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.178 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deed84',
    500: '#cae549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae549;
$custom-light: #deed84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.385,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87406,
    "c": 0.17791,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE549

secondary

#4532A0

accent

#36F257

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE549

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

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