#CAE596#CAE596

#CAE596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.106 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE596
RGB	rgb(202, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(81, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.39, -21.82, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.39, 41.80, 121.47°)
OKLab	oklab(88.36% -0.0594 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(88.36% 0.106 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.8810, 70.7970, 39.4641)
Luminance	0.7080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE596 #B196E5

analogous

#E5D896 #CAE596 #A3E596

triadic

#CAE596 #96CAE5 #E596CA

tetradic

#CAE596 #96E5D8 #B196E5 #E596A3

square

#CAE596 #96E5D8 #B196E5 #E596A3

split-complementary

#CAE596 #96A3E5 #D896E5

monochromatic

#98CD34 #B1D965 #CAE596 #E3F1C7 #F3F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#CAE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#CAE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE596

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE596	1.00	1.39	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.106 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbedb5',
    500: '#cae596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae596;
$custom-light: #dbedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.506,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88357,
    "c": 0.10648,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE596

secondary

#8161BF

accent

#1EC858

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE596

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

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