#CAE651#CAE651

#CAE651 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.174 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE651
RGB	rgb(202, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -28.94, 66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 72.80, 113.42°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0848 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.174 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.1401, 69.7446, 18.3929)
Luminance	0.6974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE651 #6D51E6

analogous

#E6B751 #CAE651 #7FE651

triadic

#CAE651 #51CAE6 #E651CA

tetradic

#CAE651 #51E6B7 #6D51E6 #E6517F

square

#CAE651 #51E6B7 #6D51E6 #E6517F

split-complementary

#CAE651 #517FE6 #B751E6

monochromatic

#8AA518 #B7DA1F #CAE651 #DAEE87 #EBF5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CAE651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#CAE651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE651

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE651	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.174 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded89',
    500: '#cae651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae651;
$custom-light: #dded89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.275,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87689,
    "c": 0.17361,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE651

secondary

#4A34A7

accent

#0ED734

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE651

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

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