#CAE962#CAE962

#CAE962 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.164 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE962
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 98)
HSL	hsl(74, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 57.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.83, -29.13, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.83, 67.46, 115.58°)
OKLab	oklab(88.51% -0.0838 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(88.51% 0.164 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.7013, 71.7163, 22.4611)
Luminance	0.7172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE962 #8162E9

analogous

#E9C562 #CAE962 #86E962

triadic

#CAE962 #62CAE9 #E962CA

tetradic

#CAE962 #62E9C5 #8162E9 #E96286

square

#CAE962 #62E9C5 #8162E9 #E96286

split-complementary

#CAE962 #6286E9 #C562E9

monochromatic

#93B71A #B8E12C #CAE962 #DCF198 #EEF8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CAE962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.34

#CAE962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE962

15.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE962	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)

#F6DD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.164 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf093',
    500: '#cae962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae962;
$custom-light: #ddf093;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88506,
    "c": 0.164,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE962

secondary

#5538B7

accent

#0ED83C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE962

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

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