#CAE555#CAE555

#CAE555 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.170 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE555
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.63, -28.20, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.63, 70.82, 113.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.5% -0.0824 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(87.5% 0.17 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.0170, 69.2514, 19.1138)
Luminance	0.6925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE555 #7055E5

analogous

#E5B855 #CAE555 #82E555

triadic

#CAE555 #55CAE5 #E555CA

tetradic

#CAE555 #55E5B8 #7055E5 #E55582

square

#CAE555 #55E5B8 #7055E5 #E55582

split-complementary

#CAE555 #5582E5 #B855E5

monochromatic

#8CA619 #B8DB22 #CAE555 #DBED8A #EBF5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#CAE555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE555

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE555	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)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.170 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded8b',
    500: '#cae555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae555;
$custom-light: #dded8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87503,
    "c": 0.1695,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE555

secondary

#4B36A8

accent

#10D635

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE555

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

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