#CAE642#CAE642

#CAE642 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.183 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE642
RGB	rgb(202, 230, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 71.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.77, -29.80, 72.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.77, 78.11, 112.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.58% -0.0886 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(87.58% 0.183 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.6384, 69.5439, 15.7508)
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

#CAE642 #5E42E6

analogous

#E6B042 #CAE642 #78E642

triadic

#CAE642 #42CAE6 #E642CA

tetradic

#CAE642 #42E6B0 #5E42E6 #E64278

square

#CAE642 #42E6B0 #5E42E6 #E64278

split-complementary

#CAE642 #4278E6 #B042E6

monochromatic

#839914 #B1CF1B #CAE642 #D9ED78 #E8F4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CAE642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.91

#CAE642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE642

14.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE642	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)

#F5D923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6DAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 230, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.183 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deed81',
    500: '#cae642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae642;
$custom-light: #deed81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.244,
    "s": 76.636,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87578,
    "c": 0.18336,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE642

secondary

#422F9D

accent

#35F355

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE642

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

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