#CAE55B#CAE55B

#CAE55B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.165 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE55B
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 91)
HSL	hsl(72, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 60.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.68, -27.78, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.68, 68.44, 113.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0807 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.165 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2656, 69.3508, 20.4228)
Luminance	0.6935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE55B #765BE5

analogous

#E5BB5B #CAE55B #85E55B

triadic

#CAE55B #5BCAE5 #E55BCA

tetradic

#CAE55B #5BE5BB #765BE5 #E55B85

square

#CAE55B #5BE5BB #765BE5 #E55B85

split-complementary

#CAE55B #5B85E5 #BB5BE5

monochromatic

#8EAB1B #B9DD26 #CAE55B #DBED90 #ECF6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#CAE55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE55B

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE55B	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.165 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded8f',
    500: '#cae55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae55b;
$custom-light: #dded8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.739,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87559,
    "c": 0.16486,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE55B

secondary

#4F38AC

accent

#11D537

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE55B

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

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