#CAE56D#CAE56D

#CAE56D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.149 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE56D
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(74, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(74, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -26.31, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 60.82, 115.63°)
OKLab	oklab(87.75% -0.0749 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(87.75% 0.149 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.1373, 69.6995, 25.0137)
Luminance	0.6970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE56D #886DE5

analogous

#E5C46D #CAE56D #8EE56D

triadic

#CAE56D #6DCAE5 #E56DCA

tetradic

#CAE56D #6DE5C4 #886DE5 #E56D8E

square

#CAE56D #6DE5C4 #886DE5 #E56D8E

split-complementary

#CAE56D #6D8EE5 #C46DE5

monochromatic

#95B721 #B7DC39 #CAE56D #DDEEA1 #F0F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#CAE56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE56D

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE56D	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.149 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dced9a',
    500: '#cae56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae56d;
$custom-light: #dced9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.5,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87752,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE56D

secondary

#5A3FB7

accent

#14D23E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE56D

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

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