#CAE949#CAE949

#CAE949 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.182 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE949
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 68.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.64, -30.82, 70.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.64, 77.04, 113.58°)
OKLab	oklab(88.29% -0.0908 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(88.29% 0.182 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6996, 71.3157, 17.1857)
Luminance	0.7131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE949 #6849E9

analogous

#E9B849 #CAE949 #7AE949

triadic

#CAE949 #49CAE9 #E949CA

tetradic

#CAE949 #49E9B8 #6849E9 #E9497A

square

#CAE949 #49E9B8 #6849E9 #E9497A

split-complementary

#CAE949 #497AE9 #B849E9

monochromatic

#88A414 #B5DA1A #CAE949 #DAF080 #EAF6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CAE949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#CAE949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE949

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE949	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.182 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#def085',
    500: '#cae949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae949;
$custom-light: #def085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.625,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88288,
    "c": 0.18247,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE949

secondary

#4730A6

accent

#33F558

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF3

border

#D5D6CD

text

#16160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE949

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

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