#CAE755#CAE755

#CAE755 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.172 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE755
RGB	rgb(202, 231, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.18, -29.14, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.18, 71.73, 113.97°)
OKLab	oklab(87.94% -0.085 0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(87.94% 0.172 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.5736, 70.3645, 19.2993)
Luminance	0.7036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE755 #7255E7

analogous

#E7BB55 #CAE755 #81E755

triadic

#CAE755 #55CAE7 #E755CA

tetradic

#CAE755 #55E7BB #7255E7 #E75581

square

#CAE755 #55E7BB #7255E7 #E75581

split-complementary

#CAE755 #5581E7 #BB55E7

monochromatic

#8DAA18 #B9DF20 #CAE755 #DBEF8B #EBF6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#CAE755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#CAE755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE755

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE755	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 231, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.172 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddee8b',
    500: '#cae755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae755;
$custom-light: #ddee8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.918,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87943,
    "c": 0.17186,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE755

secondary

#4D35AB

accent

#0ED736

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE755

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

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