#CAE861#CAE861

#CAE861 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.711; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.164 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE861
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 97)
HSL	hsl(73, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(73, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.55, -28.74, 60.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.55, 67.40, 115.24°)
OKLab	oklab(88.28% -0.0828 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(88.28% 0.164 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.3721, 71.1330, 22.1199)
Luminance	0.7113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE861 #7F61E8

analogous

#E8C261 #CAE861 #87E861

triadic

#CAE861 #61CAE8 #E861CA

tetradic

#CAE861 #61E8C2 #7F61E8 #E86187

square

#CAE861 #61E8C2 #7F61E8 #E86187

split-complementary

#CAE861 #6187E8 #C261E8

monochromatic

#92B41A #B8E02C #CAE861 #DCF096 #EEF8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#CAE861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE861

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE861	1.00	1.38	15.23	15.23
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.164 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef93',
    500: '#cae861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae861;
$custom-light: #ddef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88277,
    "c": 0.1636,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE861

secondary

#5439B5

accent

#0FD73B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE861

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

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