#CAE656#CAE656

#CAE656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.170 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE656
RGB	rgb(202, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -28.61, 64.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 70.89, 113.80°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.0835 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.17 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3345, 69.8224, 19.4170)
Luminance	0.6982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE656 #7256E6

analogous

#E6BA56 #CAE656 #82E656

triadic

#CAE656 #56CAE6 #E656CA

tetradic

#CAE656 #56E6BA #7256E6 #E65682

square

#CAE656 #56E6BA #7256E6 #E65682

split-complementary

#CAE656 #5682E6 #BA56E6

monochromatic

#8DA919 #B9DE21 #CAE656 #DBEE8B #EBF6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CAE656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#CAE656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE656

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE656	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.170 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded8c',
    500: '#cae656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae656;
$custom-light: #dded8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.667,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87732,
    "c": 0.16993,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE656

secondary

#4D36AA

accent

#0FD636

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE656

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

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