#CAEC49#CAEC49
#CAEC49 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.186 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #CAEC49 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(202, 236, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(73, 81%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(73, 69%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 7.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.46, -32.21, 71.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.46, 78.35, 114.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.95% -0.0946 0.16) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.95% 0.186 120.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(55.5561, 73.0286, 17.4712) |
| Luminance | 0.7303 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Yellowy Green
#BFF128
ΔE00 2.90
Pear
#CBF85F
ΔE00 3.37
Sickly Yellow
#D0E429
ΔE00 3.89
Yellow Green
#C8FD3D
ΔE00 4.17
Greeny Yellow
#C6F808
ΔE00 4.20
Chartreuse (survey)
#C1F80A
ΔE00 4.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CAEC49 #6B49EC
analogous
#ECBC49 #CAEC49 #78EC49
triadic
#CAEC49 #49CAEC #EC49CA
tetradic
#CAEC49 #49ECBC #6B49EC #EC4978
square
#CAEC49 #49ECBC #6B49EC #EC4978
split-complementary
#CAEC49 #4978EC #BC49EC
monochromatic
#89A912 #B6E017 #CAEC49 #DAF280 #EAF8B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.35
#CAEC49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.61
#CAEC49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CAEC49
15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CAEC49 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CAEC49 | 1.00 | 1.35 | 15.61 | 15.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.35 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FADE2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F6DE56
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D5E0CC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #caec49; /* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 236, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.186 120.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#def285',
500: '#caec49',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #caec49; $custom-light: #def285; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#caec49",
"rgb": {
"r": 202,
"g": 236,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.515,
"s": 81.095,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88952,
"c": 0.18589,
"h": 120.6
},
"luminance": 0.73029
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CAEC49
secondary
#492FAA
accent
#08DD35
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FCFEF4
border
#D5D6CE
text
#16160C
muted
#84857F