#CAE85B#CAE85B
#CAE85B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.710; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.168 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #CAE85B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 232, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(73, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(73, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.50, -29.19, 63.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.50, 69.83, 114.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.22% -0.0846 0.1457) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.22% 0.168 120.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.1028, 71.0253, 20.7019) |
| Luminance | 0.7103 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 3.80
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 4.72
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 4.88
Yellowish Green
#B0DD16
ΔE00 5.13
Yellow Green
#C8FD3D
ΔE00 5.75
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 6.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CAE85B #795BE8
analogous
#E8BF5B #CAE85B #83E85B
triadic
#CAE85B #5BCAE8 #E85BCA
tetradic
#CAE85B #5BE8BF #795BE8 #E85B83
square
#CAE85B #5BE8BF #795BE8 #E85B83
split-complementary
#CAE85B #5B83E8 #BF5BE8
monochromatic
#90B019 #B9E025 #CAE85B #DBF091 #EDF7C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.38
#CAE85B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.21
#CAE85B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CAE85B
15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CAE85B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CAE85B | 1.00 | 1.38 | 15.21 | 15.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.38 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DC4A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F2DC65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D4DDCA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DBDBDB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #cae85b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.168 120.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#ddef8f',
500: '#cae85b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #cae85b; $custom-light: #ddef8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#cae85b",
"rgb": {
"r": 202,
"g": 232,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.766,
"s": 75.401,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88218,
"c": 0.16846,
"h": 120.2
},
"luminance": 0.71025
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CAE85B
secondary
#5137B1
accent
#0ED839
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84857F