#CAE978#CAE978

#CAE978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.144 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE978
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(76, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(76, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.06, -27.17, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.06, 57.94, 117.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.76% -0.0763 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(88.76% 0.144 122)
XYZ	xyz(56.8864, 72.1904, 28.7029)
Luminance	0.7219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE978 #9778E9

analogous

#E9D078 #CAE978 #92E978

triadic

#CAE978 #78CAE9 #E978CA

tetradic

#CAE978 #78E9D0 #9778E9 #E97892

square

#CAE978 #78E9D0 #9778E9 #E97892

split-complementary

#CAE978 #7892E9 #D078E9

monochromatic

#99C620 #B5E043 #CAE978 #DFF2AD #F3FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#CAE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#CAE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE978

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE978	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.144 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf0a1',
    500: '#cae978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae978;
$custom-light: #dcf0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.46,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88764,
    "c": 0.14397,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.7219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE978

secondary

#6644C1

accent

#11D447

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE978

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

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