#CAEC56#CAEC56

#CAEC56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.732; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.177 H 121.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAEC56
RGB	rgb(202, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.4%, 0%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.55, -31.41, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.55, 73.64, 115.25°)
OKLab	oklab(89.05% -0.0912 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(89.05% 0.177 121)
XYZ	xyz(56.0330, 73.2194, 19.9831)
Luminance	0.7322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CAEC56 #7856EC

analogous

#ECC356 #CAEC56 #7FEC56

triadic

#CAEC56 #56CAEC #EC56CA

tetradic

#CAEC56 #56ECC3 #7856EC #EC567F

square

#CAEC56 #56ECC3 #7856EC #EC567F

split-complementary

#CAEC56 #567FEC #C356EC

monochromatic

#8FB314 #B9E61F #CAEC56 #DBF28D #EDF8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#CAEC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.64

#CAEC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAEC56

15.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAEC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAEC56	1.00	1.34	15.64	15.64
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4E0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.177 121.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf28c',
    500: '#caec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caec56;
$custom-light: #ddf28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.6,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89054,
    "c": 0.17704,
    "h": 121
  },
  "luminance": 0.73219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAEC56

secondary

#5033B3

accent

#09DC39

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAEC56

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

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