#CAE74B#CAE74B
#CAE74B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.179 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #CAE74B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 231, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(71, 76%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(71, 68%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 67.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.10, -29.77, 69.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.10, 75.45, 113.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.86% -0.0877 0.1559) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.86% 0.179 119.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.2040, 70.2167, 17.3529) |
| Luminance | 0.7022 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.37
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 3.96
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 4.26
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 4.37
Greeny Yellow
#C6F808
ΔE00 5.29
Yellow Green
#C8FD3D
ΔE00 5.44
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CAE74B #684BE7
analogous
#E7B64B #CAE74B #7CE74B
triadic
#CAE74B #4BCAE7 #E74BCA
tetradic
#CAE74B #4BE7B6 #684BE7 #E74B7C
square
#CAE74B #4BE7B6 #684BE7 #E74B7C
split-complementary
#CAE74B #4B7CE7 #B64BE7
monochromatic
#88A216 #B5D81D #CAE74B #DAEE81 #EAF5B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.40
#CAE74B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.04
#CAE74B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CAE74B
15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CAE74B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CAE74B | 1.00 | 1.40 | 15.04 | 15.04 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.40 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DA33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DB57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5DBC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #cae74b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 231, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.179 119.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ddee86',
500: '#cae74b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #cae74b; $custom-light: #ddee86; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#cae74b",
"rgb": {
"r": 202,
"g": 231,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 71.154,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87862,
"c": 0.17888,
"h": 119.4
},
"luminance": 0.70216
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CAE74B
secondary
#4732A4
accent
#35F358
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#16160C
muted
#84857F