#CAED56#CAED56

#CAED56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.178 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAED56
RGB	rgb(202, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.83, -31.87, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.83, 74.10, 115.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0925 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.178 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3217, 73.7968, 20.0794)
Luminance	0.7380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAED56 #7956ED

analogous

#EDC456 #CAED56 #7EED56

triadic

#CAED56 #56CAED #ED56CA

tetradic

#CAED56 #56EDC4 #7956ED #ED567E

square

#CAED56 #56EDC4 #7956ED #ED567E

split-complementary

#CAED56 #567EED #C456ED

monochromatic

#90B513 #B9E71F #CAED56 #DBF38D #EDF9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#CAED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#CAED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAED56

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAED56	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4E1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caed56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.178 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf28c',
    500: '#caed56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caed56;
$custom-light: #ddf28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caed56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.907,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89275,
    "c": 0.17824,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAED56

secondary

#5132B5

accent

#08DD3A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAED56

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

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