#CAE97A#CAE97A

#CAE97A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.142 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAE97A
RGB	rgb(202, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(77, 72%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(77, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 47.6%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.08, -26.97, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.08, 57.04, 118.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.79% -0.0756 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(88.79% 0.142 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.0091, 72.2394, 29.3488)
Luminance	0.7224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.17

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAE97A #997AE9

analogous

#E9D17A #CAE97A #93E97A

triadic

#CAE97A #7ACAE9 #E97ACA

tetradic

#CAE97A #7AE9D1 #997AE9 #E97A93

square

#CAE97A #7AE9D1 #997AE9 #E97A93

split-complementary

#CAE97A #7A93E9 #D17AE9

monochromatic

#99C821 #B5E045 #CAE97A #DFF2AF #F4FAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#CAE97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#CAE97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAE97A

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAE97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAE97A	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DD80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cae97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.142 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf0a3',
    500: '#cae97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cae97a;
$custom-light: #dcf0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cae97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.757,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8879,
    "c": 0.14199,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAE97A

secondary

#6846C1

accent

#12D448

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAE97A

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

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