#CAE559#CAE559

#CAE559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.166 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE559
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -27.93, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 69.24, 113.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0813 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.166 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.1804, 69.3168, 19.9745)
Luminance	0.6932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE559 #7459E5

analogous

#E5BA59 #CAE559 #84E559

triadic

#CAE559 #59CAE5 #E559CA

tetradic

#CAE559 #59E5BA #7459E5 #E55984

square

#CAE559 #59E5BA #7459E5 #E55984

split-complementary

#CAE559 #5984E5 #BA59E5

monochromatic

#8EA91A #B9DD24 #CAE559 #DBED8E #ECF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#CAE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE559

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE559	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)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.166 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded8e',
    500: '#cae559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae559;
$custom-light: #dded8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.571,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8754,
    "c": 0.16644,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE559

secondary

#4E37AB

accent

#10D536

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE559

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

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