#CAE85C#CAE85C

#CAE85C 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	#CAE85C
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 92)
HSL	hsl(73, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -29.12, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 69.43, 114.80°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0843 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.168 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1462, 71.0427, 20.9306)
Luminance	0.7104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE85C #7A5CE8

analogous

#E8C05C #CAE85C #84E85C

triadic

#CAE85C #5CCAE8 #E85CCA

tetradic

#CAE85C #5CE8C0 #7A5CE8 #E85C84

square

#CAE85C #5CE8C0 #7A5CE8 #E85C84

split-complementary

#CAE85C #5C84E8 #C05CE8

monochromatic

#90B119 #B9E026 #CAE85C #DBF092 #EDF7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#CAE85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE85C

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE85C	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)

#F6DC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.168 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef90',
    500: '#cae85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae85c;
$custom-light: #ddef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88227,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE85C

secondary

#5137B1

accent

#0ED739

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE85C

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

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