#CAE85E#CAE85E

#CAE85E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.166 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE85E
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(73, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.52, -28.97, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.52, 68.63, 114.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.25% -0.0837 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(88.25% 0.166 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2348, 71.0781, 21.3971)
Luminance	0.7108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE85E #7C5EE8

analogous

#E8C15E #CAE85E #85E85E

triadic

#CAE85E #5ECAE8 #E85ECA

tetradic

#CAE85E #5EE8C1 #7C5EE8 #E85E85

square

#CAE85E #5EE8C1 #7C5EE8 #E85E85

split-complementary

#CAE85E #5E85E8 #C15EE8

monochromatic

#91B219 #B8E028 #CAE85E #DCF094 #EDF7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.22

#CAE85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE85E

15.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE85E	1.00	1.38	15.22	15.22
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.166 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef91',
    500: '#cae85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae85e;
$custom-light: #ddef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.043,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88247,
    "c": 0.16607,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE85E

secondary

#5238B3

accent

#0ED73A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE85E

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

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