#CAE85D#CAE85D

#CAE85D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.167 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE85D
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(73, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.51, -29.05, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.51, 69.03, 114.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.24% -0.084 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(88.24% 0.167 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.1902, 71.0603, 21.1623)
Luminance	0.7106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE85D #7B5DE8

analogous

#E8C05D #CAE85D #84E85D

triadic

#CAE85D #5DCAE8 #E85DCA

tetradic

#CAE85D #5DE8C0 #7B5DE8 #E85D84

square

#CAE85D #5DE8C0 #7B5DE8 #E85D84

split-complementary

#CAE85D #5D84E8 #C05DE8

monochromatic

#91B119 #B8E027 #CAE85D #DCF093 #EDF7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.21

#CAE85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE85D

15.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE85D	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)

#F5DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.167 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef90',
    500: '#cae85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae85d;
$custom-light: #ddef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.95,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88237,
    "c": 0.16687,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE85D

secondary

#5237B2

accent

#0ED73A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE85D

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

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