#CAE855#CAE855

#CAE855 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.173 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE855
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(72, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -29.61, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 72.19, 114.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0863 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.173 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8543, 70.9259, 19.3928)
Luminance	0.7093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE855 #7355E8

analogous

#E8BD55 #CAE855 #81E855

triadic

#CAE855 #55CAE8 #E855CA

tetradic

#CAE855 #55E8BD #7355E8 #E85581

square

#CAE855 #55E8BD #7355E8 #E85581

split-complementary

#CAE855 #5581E8 #BD55E8

monochromatic

#8DAB17 #B9E11F #CAE855 #DBEF8B #ECF7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#CAE855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE855

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE855	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.173 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef8b',
    500: '#cae855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae855;
$custom-light: #ddef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.245,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88163,
    "c": 0.17304,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE855

secondary

#4D35AD

accent

#0DD837

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE855

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

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