#CAF079#CAF079

#CAF079 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.763; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.152 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAF079
RGB	rgb(202, 240, 121)
HSL	hsl(79, 80%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(79, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 0%, 49.6%, 5.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.98, -30.36, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.98, 61.09, 119.80°)
OKLab	oklab(90.31% -0.0852 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(90.31% 0.152 124)
XYZ	xyz(58.9685, 76.2569, 29.6979)
Luminance	0.7626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 4.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAF079 #9F79F0

analogous

#F0DB79 #CAF079 #8EF079

triadic

#CAF079 #79CAF0 #F079CA

tetradic

#CAF079 #79F0DB #9F79F0 #F0798E

square

#CAF079 #79F0DB #9F79F0 #F0798E

split-complementary

#CAF079 #798EF0 #DB79F0

monochromatic

#9AD718 #B4EA42 #CAF079 #E0F6B0 #F4FCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#CAF079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.25

#CAF079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAF079

16.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAF079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAF079	1.00	1.29	16.25	16.25
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE36E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1E6D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caf079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 240, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.152 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcf5a2',
    500: '#caf079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caf079;
$custom-light: #dcf5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caf079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 240,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.16,
    "s": 79.866,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90309,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.76257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAF079

secondary

#6E43CA

accent

#09DC4D

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF6

border

#D5D6D0

text

#15170F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAF079

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

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