#CAE561#CAE561

#CAE561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.160 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE561
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -27.33, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 65.97, 114.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.62% -0.0788 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(87.62% 0.16 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.5348, 69.4585, 21.8408)
Luminance	0.6946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE561 #7C61E5

analogous

#E5BE61 #CAE561 #88E561

triadic

#CAE561 #61CAE5 #E561CA

tetradic

#CAE561 #61E5BE #7C61E5 #E56188

square

#CAE561 #61E5BE #7C61E5 #E56188

split-complementary

#CAE561 #6188E5 #BE61E5

monochromatic

#91AF1D #B8DC2C #CAE561 #DCEE96 #EDF6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#CAE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE561

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE561	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.160 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded92',
    500: '#cae561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae561;
$custom-light: #dded92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.273,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87618,
    "c": 0.15994,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE561

secondary

#523AB0

accent

#12D439

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE561

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →