#CAE957#CAE957

#CAE957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.173 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CAE957
RGBrgb(202, 233, 87)
HSLhsl(73, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(73, 63%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(13.3%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(87.74, -29.94, 65.34)
CIE-LCHlch(87.74, 71.87, 114.62°)
OKLaboklab(88.4% -0.0871 0.1492)
OKLCHoklch(88.4% 0.173 120.3)
XYZxyz(55.2171, 71.5227, 19.9113)
Luminance0.7152 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CAE957 #7657E9
analogous
#E9BF57 #CAE957 #81E957
triadic
#CAE957 #57CAE9 #E957CA
tetradic
#CAE957 #57E9BF #7657E9 #E95781
square
#CAE957 #57E9BF #7657E9 #E95781
split-complementary
#CAE957 #5781E9 #BF57E9
monochromatic
#8EAF17 #B9E221 #CAE957 #DBF08D #ECF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37
#CAE957 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30
#CAE957 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE957
15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CAE957#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CAE9571.001.3715.3015.30
#FFFFFF1.371.0021.0021.00
#00000015.3021.001.001.00
##00000015.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F7DC45
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F3DC61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5DDCB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cae957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.173 120.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf08d',
    500: '#cae957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cae957;
$custom-light: #ddf08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cae957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.74,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88401,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CAE957
secondary
#4F35AF
accent
#0CD938
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#15160D
muted
#84857F

Preview Lab

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#CAE957 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva