#CAE759#CAE759

#CAE759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.169 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE759
RGB	rgb(202, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.21, -28.87, 63.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.21, 70.17, 114.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.98% -0.0839 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(87.98% 0.169 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7370, 70.4299, 20.1600)
Luminance	0.7043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE759 #7659E7

analogous

#E7BD59 #CAE759 #83E759

triadic

#CAE759 #59CAE7 #E759CA

tetradic

#CAE759 #59E7BD #7659E7 #E75983

square

#CAE759 #59E7BD #7659E7 #E75983

split-complementary

#CAE759 #5983E7 #BD59E7

monochromatic

#8EAD19 #B9DF24 #CAE759 #DBEF8E #ECF6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#CAE759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.09

#CAE759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE759

15.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE759	1.00	1.39	15.09	15.09
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.169 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddee8e',
    500: '#cae759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae759;
$custom-light: #ddee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.254,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87979,
    "c": 0.16882,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE759

secondary

#4F36AE

accent

#0FD738

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE759

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

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