#CAE862#CAE862

#CAE862 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.163 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE862
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(73, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(73, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.56, -28.66, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.56, 66.98, 115.33°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0825 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.163 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.4190, 71.1518, 22.3670)
Luminance	0.7115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE862 #8062E8

analogous

#E8C362 #CAE862 #87E862

triadic

#CAE862 #62CAE8 #E862CA

tetradic

#CAE862 #62E8C3 #8062E8 #E86287

square

#CAE862 #62E8C3 #8062E8 #E86287

split-complementary

#CAE862 #6287E8 #C362E8

monochromatic

#92B51B #B8E02D #CAE862 #DCF097 #EEF8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.23

#CAE862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE862

15.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE862	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)

#F5DC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.163 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddef93',
    500: '#cae862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae862;
$custom-light: #ddef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.433,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88287,
    "c": 0.16277,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE862

secondary

#5539B5

accent

#0FD73C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE862

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

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