#CAE951#CAE951

#CAE951 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.177 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE951
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 81)
HSL	hsl(72, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(72, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 65.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -30.34, 67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 74.15, 114.15°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0887 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.177 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9821, 71.4287, 18.6736)
Luminance	0.7143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE951 #7051E9

analogous

#E9BC51 #CAE951 #7EE951

triadic

#CAE951 #51CAE9 #E951CA

tetradic

#CAE951 #51E9BC #7051E9 #E9517E

square

#CAE951 #51E9BC #7051E9 #E9517E

split-complementary

#CAE951 #517EE9 #BC51E9

monochromatic

#8CAA16 #B8E01C #CAE951 #DBF087 #EBF7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CAE951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#CAE951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE951

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE951	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.177 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf089',
    500: '#cae951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae951;
$custom-light: #ddf089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.237,
    "s": 77.551,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8835,
    "c": 0.1771,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE951

secondary

#4B33AB

accent

#0CDA36

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE951

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

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