#CAE86D#CAE86D

#CAE86D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.153 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE86D
RGB	rgb(202, 232, 109)
HSL	hsl(75, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(75, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.67, -27.74, 55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.67, 62.30, 116.43°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.0789 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.153 121)
XYZ	xyz(55.9745, 71.3740, 25.2928)
Luminance	0.7137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE86D #8B6DE8

analogous

#E8C96D #CAE86D #8DE86D

triadic

#CAE86D #6DCAE8 #E86DCA

tetradic

#CAE86D #6DE8C9 #8B6DE8 #E86D8D

square

#CAE86D #6DE8C9 #8B6DE8 #E86D8D

split-complementary

#CAE86D #6D8DE8 #C96DE8

monochromatic

#96BD1E #B7E038 #CAE86D #DDF0A2 #F0F9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CAE86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#CAE86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE86D

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE86D	1.00	1.37	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DC61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.153 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcef9a',
    500: '#cae86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae86d;
$custom-light: #dcef9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.634,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88408,
    "c": 0.15311,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.71374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE86D

secondary

#5C3DBC

accent

#11D540

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE86D

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

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