#CAE85A#CAE85A

#CAE85A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.169 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE85A
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 90)
HSL	hsl(73, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.49, -29.27, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.49, 70.23, 114.63°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0849 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.169 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.0600, 71.0082, 20.4762)
Luminance	0.7101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE85A #785AE8

analogous

#E8BF5A #CAE85A #83E85A

triadic

#CAE85A #5ACAE8 #E85ACA

tetradic

#CAE85A #5AE8BF #785AE8 #E85A83

square

#CAE85A #5AE8BF #785AE8 #E85A83

split-complementary

#CAE85A #5A83E8 #BF5AE8

monochromatic

#8FAF18 #B9E124 #CAE85A #DBEF90 #EDF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.20

#CAE85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE85A

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE85A	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)

#F6DC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.169 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef8e',
    500: '#cae85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae85a;
$custom-light: #ddef8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.676,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88208,
    "c": 0.16925,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE85A

secondary

#5036B0

accent

#0ED838

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE85A

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

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