#CAE976#CAE976

#CAE976 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.146 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE976
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 118)
HSL	hsl(76, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(76, 49%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 49.4%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.04, -27.37, 52.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.04, 58.84, 117.72°)
OKLab	oklab(88.74% -0.0771 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(88.74% 0.146 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7663, 72.1423, 28.0703)
Luminance	0.7214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.32

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE976 #9576E9

analogous

#E9CF76 #CAE976 #91E976

triadic

#CAE976 #76CAE9 #E976CA

tetradic

#CAE976 #76E9CF #9576E9 #E97691

square

#CAE976 #76E9CF #9576E9 #E97691

split-complementary

#CAE976 #7691E9 #CF76E9

monochromatic

#98C520 #B6E141 #CAE976 #DEF1AB #F3FADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#CAE976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.43

#CAE976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE976

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE976	1.00	1.36	15.43	15.43
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DD6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.146 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf0a0',
    500: '#cae976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae976;
$custom-light: #dcf0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.174,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88738,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE976

secondary

#6442C1

accent

#11D446

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE976

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

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