#CAE859#CAE859

#CAE859 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.170 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE859
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.48, -29.34, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.48, 70.63, 114.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0852 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.17 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0177, 70.9912, 20.2535)
Luminance	0.7099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE859 #7759E8

analogous

#E8BE59 #CAE859 #83E859

triadic

#CAE859 #59CAE8 #E859CA

tetradic

#CAE859 #59E8BE #7759E8 #E85983

square

#CAE859 #59E8BE #7759E8 #E85983

split-complementary

#CAE859 #5983E8 #BE59E8

monochromatic

#8FAE18 #B9E123 #CAE859 #DBEF8F #ECF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#CAE859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE859

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE859	1.00	1.38	15.20	15.20
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.170 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef8e',
    500: '#cae859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae859;
$custom-light: #ddef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.587,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88199,
    "c": 0.17002,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.70991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE859

secondary

#4F36AF

accent

#0ED838

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE859

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

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