#CAE742#CAE742

#CAE742 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.184 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE742
RGB	rgb(202, 231, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -30.26, 72.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 78.54, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0899 0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.184 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9175, 70.1021, 15.8438)
Luminance	0.7010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE742 #5F42E7

analogous

#E7B142 #CAE742 #78E742

triadic

#CAE742 #42CAE7 #E742CA

tetradic

#CAE742 #42E7B1 #5F42E7 #E74278

square

#CAE742 #42E7B1 #5F42E7 #E74278

split-complementary

#CAE742 #4278E7 #B142E7

monochromatic

#839B14 #B1D11B #CAE742 #D9EE78 #E8F5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CAE742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#CAE742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE742

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE742	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6DBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 231, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.184 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deee81',
    500: '#cae742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae742;
$custom-light: #deee81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.545,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87799,
    "c": 0.18448,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE742

secondary

#432F9E

accent

#34F456

background

#FEFFFB

surface

#FCFEF2

border

#D5D6CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE742

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

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