#CAE857#CAE857

#CAE857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.172 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE857
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(72, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -29.48, 65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 71.41, 114.38°)
OKLab	oklab(88.18% -0.0858 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(88.18% 0.172 120)
XYZ	xyz(54.9348, 70.9581, 19.8172)
Luminance	0.7096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE857 #7557E8

analogous

#E8BE57 #CAE857 #81E857

triadic

#CAE857 #57CAE8 #E857CA

tetradic

#CAE857 #57E8BE #7557E8 #E85781

square

#CAE857 #57E8BE #7557E8 #E85781

split-complementary

#CAE857 #5781E8 #BE57E8

monochromatic

#8EAD18 #B9E121 #CAE857 #DBEF8D #ECF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#CAE857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE857

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE857	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)

#F6DB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.172 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef8d',
    500: '#cae857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae857;
$custom-light: #ddef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.414,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88181,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.70958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE857

secondary

#4E35AE

accent

#0DD837

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE857

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

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