#CAE851#CAE851

#CAE851 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.176 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE851
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -29.87, 67.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 73.70, 113.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.13% -0.0874 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(88.13% 0.176 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6998, 70.8641, 18.5795)
Luminance	0.7086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE851 #6F51E8

analogous

#E8BB51 #CAE851 #7FE851

triadic

#CAE851 #51CAE8 #E851CA

tetradic

#CAE851 #51E8BB #6F51E8 #E8517F

square

#CAE851 #51E8BB #6F51E8 #E8517F

split-complementary

#CAE851 #517FE8 #BB51E8

monochromatic

#8BA816 #B8DE1D #CAE851 #DAEF87 #EBF6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#CAE851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE851

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE851	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.176 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef89',
    500: '#cae851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae851;
$custom-light: #ddef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.921,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8813,
    "c": 0.17593,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE851

secondary

#4B33AA

accent

#0DD935

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE851

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

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