#CAE959#CAE959

#CAE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.171 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE959
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.75, -29.80, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.75, 71.09, 114.79°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0865 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.171 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.3000, 71.5558, 20.3476)
Luminance	0.7156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE959 #7859E9

analogous

#E9C059 #CAE959 #82E959

triadic

#CAE959 #59CAE9 #E959CA

tetradic

#CAE959 #59E9C0 #7859E9 #E95982

square

#CAE959 #59E9C0 #7859E9 #E95982

split-complementary

#CAE959 #5982E9 #C059E9

monochromatic

#8FB017 #B9E223 #CAE959 #DBF08F #EDF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CAE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.31

#CAE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE959

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE959	1.00	1.37	15.31	15.31
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.171 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf08e',
    500: '#cae959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae959;
$custom-light: #ddf08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88419,
    "c": 0.17121,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE959

secondary

#5035B1

accent

#0DD939

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE959

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

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