#CAED59#CAED59

#CAED59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.176 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAED59
RGB	rgb(202, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(74, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(74, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -31.66, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 72.95, 115.72°)
OKLab	oklab(89.3% -0.0917 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(89.3% 0.176 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.4452, 73.8462, 20.7294)
Luminance	0.7385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAED59 #7C59ED

analogous

#EDC659 #CAED59 #80ED59

triadic

#CAED59 #59CAED #ED59CA

tetradic

#CAED59 #59EDC6 #7C59ED #ED5980

square

#CAED59 #59EDC6 #7C59ED #ED5980

split-complementary

#CAED59 #5980ED #C659ED

monochromatic

#91B814 #B8E722 #CAED59 #DCF390 #EDF9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#CAED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#CAED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAED59

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAED59	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4E1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caed59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.176 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf28e',
    500: '#caed59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caed59;
$custom-light: #ddf28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caed59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.189,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89301,
    "c": 0.17601,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAED59

secondary

#5233B7

accent

#09DD3B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAED59

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

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