#CAE970#CAE970

#CAE970 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.152 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE970
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(75, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(75, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 51.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.97, -27.93, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.97, 61.49, 117.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0792 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.152 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.4210, 72.0042, 26.2519)
Luminance	0.7200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE970 #8F70E9

analogous

#E9CB70 #CAE970 #8DE970

triadic

#CAE970 #70CAE9 #E970CA

tetradic

#CAE970 #70E9CB #8F70E9 #E9708D

square

#CAE970 #70E9CB #8F70E9 #E9708D

split-complementary

#CAE970 #708DE9 #CB70E9

monochromatic

#97C11E #B6E13B #CAE970 #DEF1A5 #F1F9DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#CAE970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#CAE970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE970

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE970	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.152 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf09c',
    500: '#cae970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae970;
$custom-light: #dcf09c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.372,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88663,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE970

secondary

#5F3EC0

accent

#10D543

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE970

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

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