#CAE699#CAE699

#CAE699 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.105 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE699
RGB	rgb(202, 230, 153)
HSL	hsl(82, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(82, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 33.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -21.92, 34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 40.92, 122.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.63% -0.0595 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(88.63% 0.105 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.4032, 71.4498, 40.8452)
Luminance	0.7145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE699 #B599E6

analogous

#E6DB99 #CAE699 #A4E699

triadic

#CAE699 #99CAE6 #E699CA

tetradic

#CAE699 #99E6DB #B599E6 #E699A4

square

#CAE699 #99E6DB #B599E6 #E699A4

split-complementary

#CAE699 #99A4E6 #DB99E6

monochromatic

#97CE37 #B0DA68 #CAE699 #E4F2CA #F2F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CAE699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#CAE699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE699

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE699	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CFDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 230, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.105 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbeeb7',
    500: '#cae699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae699;
$custom-light: #dbeeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88626,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE699

secondary

#8563C0

accent

#1DC85B

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#151611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE699

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

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