#CAE661#CAE661
#CAE661 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.161 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #CAE661 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 230, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(73, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(73, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 57.8%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.00, -27.80, 60.35) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.00, 66.45, 114.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.84% -0.0802 0.1398) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.84% 0.161 119.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.8123, 70.0135, 21.9333) |
| Luminance | 0.7001 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 4.38
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 5.40
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 5.57
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 5.59
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 6.09
Yellow Green
#C8FD3D
ΔE00 6.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CAE661 #7D61E6
analogous
#E6C061 #CAE661 #88E661
triadic
#CAE661 #61CAE6 #E661CA
tetradic
#CAE661 #61E6C0 #7D61E6 #E66188
square
#CAE661 #61E6C0 #7D61E6 #E66188
split-complementary
#CAE661 #6188E6 #C061E6
monochromatic
#91B11C #B8DE2C #CAE661 #DCEE96 #EDF7CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.40
#CAE661 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.00
#CAE661 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CAE661
15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CAE661 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CAE661 | 1.00 | 1.40 | 15.00 | 15.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.40 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3DA52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0DA6A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4DBC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #cae661; /* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 230, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.161 119.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ddee92',
500: '#cae661',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #cae661; $custom-light: #ddee92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#cae661",
"rgb": {
"r": 202,
"g": 230,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.632,
"s": 72.678,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87838,
"c": 0.16116,
"h": 119.8
},
"luminance": 0.70013
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CAE661
secondary
#533AB1
accent
#11D53A
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FCFDF4
border
#D5D5CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84847F