#CAE960#CAE960

#CAE960 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.166 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE960
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(74, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.81, -29.29, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.81, 68.28, 115.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88.49% -0.0844 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(88.49% 0.166 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6080, 71.6790, 21.9700)
Luminance	0.7168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE960 #7F60E9

analogous

#E9C460 #CAE960 #85E960

triadic

#CAE960 #60CAE9 #E960CA

tetradic

#CAE960 #60E9C4 #7F60E9 #E96085

square

#CAE960 #60E9C4 #7F60E9 #E96085

split-complementary

#CAE960 #6085E9 #C460E9

monochromatic

#92B519 #B8E22A #CAE960 #DCF096 #EEF8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CAE960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#CAE960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE960

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE960	1.00	1.37	15.34	15.34
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.166 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf092',
    500: '#cae960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae960;
$custom-light: #ddf092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.577,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88486,
    "c": 0.16565,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE960

secondary

#5438B5

accent

#0ED83B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE960

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

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