#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
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -29.94, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 71.87, 114.62°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0871 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.173 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2171, 71.5227, 19.9113)
Luminance	0.7152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##CAE957	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #CAE957

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

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