#CAE965#CAE965

#CAE965 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.161 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE965
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 101)
HSL	hsl(74, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(74, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 56.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -28.89, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 66.21, 115.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.0828 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.161 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8456, 71.7741, 23.2211)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE965 #8465E9

analogous

#E9C665 #CAE965 #88E965

triadic

#CAE965 #65CAE9 #E965CA

tetradic

#CAE965 #65E9C6 #8465E9 #E96588

square

#CAE965 #65E9C6 #8465E9 #E96588

split-complementary

#CAE965 #6588E9 #C665E9

monochromatic

#94B91A #B8E12F #CAE965 #DCF19B #EFF8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CAE965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#CAE965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE965

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE965	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DD6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.161 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf095',
    500: '#cae965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae965;
$custom-light: #ddf095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.091,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88538,
    "c": 0.16146,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE965

secondary

#573AB9

accent

#0ED73E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE965

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

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