#CAE87A#CAE87A
#CAE87A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.141 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #CAE87A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 232, 122) |
| HSL | hsl(76, 71%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(76, 47%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 47.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(87.81, -26.49, 49.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(87.81, 56.52, 117.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.57% -0.0743 0.1195) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.57% 0.141 121.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(56.7268, 71.6749, 29.2547) |
| Luminance | 0.7167 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Light Yellow Green
#CCFD7F
ΔE00 4.97
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 5.49
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 5.80
Light Pea Green
#C4FE82
ΔE00 5.86
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 6.27
Light Khaki
#E6F2A2
ΔE00 6.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CAE87A #987AE8
analogous
#E8CF7A #CAE87A #93E87A
triadic
#CAE87A #7ACAE8 #E87ACA
tetradic
#CAE87A #7AE8CF #987AE8 #E87A93
square
#CAE87A #7AE8CF #987AE8 #E87A93
split-complementary
#CAE87A #7A93E8 #CF7AE8
monochromatic
#99C522 #B5DF46 #CAE87A #DFF1AE #F4FAE2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.37
#CAE87A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.34
#CAE87A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CAE87A
15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CAE87A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CAE87A | 1.00 | 1.37 | 15.34 | 15.34 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.37 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.34 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3DD71
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFDC80
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D2DECE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #cae87a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 232, 122); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.141 121.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#dcefa3',
500: '#cae87a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #cae87a; $custom-light: #dcefa3; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#cae87a",
"rgb": {
"r": 202,
"g": 232,
"b": 122
},
"hsl": {
"h": 76.364,
"s": 70.513,
"l": 69.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88572,
"c": 0.14067,
"h": 121.9
},
"luminance": 0.71675
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CAE87A
secondary
#6746C0
accent
#13D347
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF6
border
#D5D6D0
text
#15160F
muted
#848580