#CAEA79#CAEA79

#CAEA79 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.144 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAEA79
RGB	rgb(202, 234, 121)
HSL	hsl(77, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(77, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 0%, 48.3%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -27.54, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 58.00, 118.35°)
OKLab	oklab(89% -0.0773 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(89% 0.144 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.2313, 72.7826, 29.1188)
Luminance	0.7278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.97

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAEA79 #9979EA

analogous

#EAD179 #CAEA79 #92EA79

triadic

#CAEA79 #79CAEA #EA79CA

tetradic

#CAEA79 #79EAD1 #9979EA #EA7992

square

#CAEA79 #79EAD1 #9979EA #EA7992

split-complementary

#CAEA79 #7992EA #D179EA

monochromatic

#99C920 #B5E244 #CAEA79 #DFF2AE #F4FBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#CAEA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#CAEA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAEA79

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAEA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAEA79	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2E0D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caea79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 234, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.144 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf0a2',
    500: '#caea79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caea79;
$custom-light: #dcf0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caea79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.991,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88995,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAEA79

secondary

#6845C3

accent

#11D548

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAEA79

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

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