#CAE55E#CAE55E

#CAE55E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.162 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE55E
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.70, -27.56, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.70, 67.21, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0798 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.162 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3976, 69.4036, 21.1180)
Luminance	0.6940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE55E #795EE5

analogous

#E5BC5E #CAE55E #86E55E

triadic

#CAE55E #5ECAE5 #E55ECA

tetradic

#CAE55E #5EE5BC #795EE5 #E55E86

square

#CAE55E #5EE5BC #795EE5 #E55E86

split-complementary

#CAE55E #5E86E5 #BC5EE5

monochromatic

#90AD1C #B9DC29 #CAE55E #DBEE93 #EDF6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#CAE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE55E

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE55E	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.162 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded91',
    500: '#cae55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae55e;
$custom-light: #dded91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87588,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE55E

secondary

#5139AE

accent

#11D438

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE55E

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

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