#CAE562#CAE562

#CAE562 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.159 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE562
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 98)
HSL	hsl(72, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 57.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -27.25, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 65.55, 114.56°)
OKLab	oklab(87.63% -0.0785 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(87.63% 0.159 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5817, 69.4773, 22.0879)
Luminance	0.6948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE562 #7D62E5

analogous

#E5BE62 #CAE562 #89E562

triadic

#CAE562 #62CAE5 #E562CA

tetradic

#CAE562 #62E5BE #7D62E5 #E56289

square

#CAE562 #62E5BE #7D62E5 #E56289

split-complementary

#CAE562 #6289E5 #BE62E5

monochromatic

#91B01D #B8DC2D #CAE562 #DCEE97 #EDF6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#CAE562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE562

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE562	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.159 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded93',
    500: '#cae562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae562;
$custom-light: #dded93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.366,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87629,
    "c": 0.15909,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE562

secondary

#533BB1

accent

#12D43A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE562

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

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