#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
RGBrgb(202, 232, 81)
HSLhsl(72, 77%, 61%)
HSVhsv(72, 65%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(12.9%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(87.42, -29.87, 67.38)
CIE-LCHlch(87.42, 73.70, 113.91°)
OKLaboklab(88.13% -0.0874 0.1527)
OKLCHoklch(88.13% 0.176 119.8)
XYZxyz(54.6998, 70.8641, 18.5795)
Luminance0.7086 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##CAE8511.001.3815.1715.17
#FFFFFF1.381.0021.0021.00
#00000015.1721.001.001.00
##00000015.1721.001.001.00

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

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#CAE851 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva