#CAE565#CAE565

#CAE565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.157 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE565
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(73, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -27.00, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 64.28, 114.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.66% -0.0775 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(87.66% 0.157 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7260, 69.5350, 22.8480)
Luminance	0.6954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE565 #8065E5

analogous

#E5C065 #CAE565 #8AE565

triadic

#CAE565 #65CAE5 #E565CA

tetradic

#CAE565 #65E5C0 #8065E5 #E5658A

square

#CAE565 #65E5C0 #8065E5 #E5658A

split-complementary

#CAE565 #658AE5 #C065E5

monochromatic

#92B21E #B8DC31 #CAE565 #DCEE99 #EEF7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#CAE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE565

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE565	1.00	1.41	14.91	14.91
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.157 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced95',
    500: '#cae565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae565;
$custom-light: #dced95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.656,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87661,
    "c": 0.1565,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.69535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE565

secondary

#553CB2

accent

#12D33B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE565

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

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