#CAEA59#CAEA59

#CAEA59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.721; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.172 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAEA59
RGB	rgb(202, 234, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.03, -30.27, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.03, 71.56, 115.03°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.0878 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.172 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5839, 72.1236, 20.4423)
Luminance	0.7212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAEA59 #7959EA

analogous

#EAC159 #CAEA59 #81EA59

triadic

#CAEA59 #59CAEA #EA59CA

tetradic

#CAEA59 #59EAC1 #7959EA #EA5981

square

#CAEA59 #59EAC1 #7959EA #EA5981

split-complementary

#CAEA59 #5981EA #C159EA

monochromatic

#90B217 #B9E323 #CAEA59 #DBF18F #EDF8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#CAEA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.42

#CAEA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAEA59

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAEA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAEA59	1.00	1.36	15.42	15.42
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4DFCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caea59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 234, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.172 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf08e',
    500: '#caea59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caea59;
$custom-light: #ddf08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caea59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.241,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88639,
    "c": 0.17241,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAEA59

secondary

#5135B2

accent

#0CDA39

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAEA59

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

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