#CAE557#CAE557

#CAE557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.168 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE557
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.64, -28.07, 64.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.64, 70.04, 113.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0819 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.168 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0976, 69.2836, 19.5381)
Luminance	0.6928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE557 #7257E5

analogous

#E5B957 #CAE557 #83E557

triadic

#CAE557 #57CAE5 #E557CA

tetradic

#CAE557 #57E5B9 #7257E5 #E55783

square

#CAE557 #57E5B9 #7257E5 #E55783

split-complementary

#CAE557 #5783E5 #B957E5

monochromatic

#8DA81A #B9DD22 #CAE557 #DBED8C #EBF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#CAE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE557

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE557	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.168 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded8c',
    500: '#cae557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae557;
$custom-light: #dded8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.408,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87521,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE557

secondary

#4D37AA

accent

#10D536

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE557

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

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