#CAEA42#CAEA42

#CAEA42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.188 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAEA42
RGB	rgb(202, 234, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.87, -31.66, 73.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.87, 79.82, 113.37°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0937 0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.188 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7643, 71.7958, 16.1261)
Luminance	0.7180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAEA42 #6242EA

analogous

#EAB642 #CAEA42 #76EA42

triadic

#CAEA42 #42CAEA #EA42CA

tetradic

#CAEA42 #42EAB6 #6242EA #EA4276

square

#CAEA42 #42EAB6 #6242EA #EA4276

split-complementary

#CAEA42 #4276EA #B642EA

monochromatic

#85A012 #B3D718 #CAEA42 #D9F079 #E9F6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CAEA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#CAEA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAEA42

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAEA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAEA42	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5DECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caea42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 234, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.188 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#def081',
    500: '#caea42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caea42;
$custom-light: #def081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caea42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.429,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88462,
    "c": 0.18784,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAEA42

secondary

#442EA2

accent

#31F657

background

#FEFFFB

surface

#FCFEF2

border

#D5D6CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAEA42

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

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