#CAE657#CAE657

#CAE657 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.169 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE657
RGB	rgb(202, 230, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.92, -28.54, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.92, 70.49, 113.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0832 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.169 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3751, 69.8386, 19.6306)
Luminance	0.6984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE657 #7357E6

analogous

#E6BA57 #CAE657 #83E657

triadic

#CAE657 #57CAE6 #E657CA

tetradic

#CAE657 #57E6BA #7357E6 #E65783

square

#CAE657 #57E6BA #7357E6 #E65783

split-complementary

#CAE657 #5783E6 #BA57E6

monochromatic

#8DA919 #B9DE22 #CAE657 #DBEE8C #ECF6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CAE657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#CAE657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE657

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE657	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 230, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.169 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dded8c',
    500: '#cae657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae657;
$custom-light: #dded8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.748,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87741,
    "c": 0.16918,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE657

secondary

#4D36AB

accent

#0FD636

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE657

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

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