#CAF251#CAF251

#CAF251 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.767; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.188 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAF251
RGB	rgb(202, 242, 81)
HSL	hsl(75, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(75, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.16, -34.49, 70.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.16, 78.23, 116.16°)
OKLab	oklab(90.34% -0.1002 0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(90.34% 0.188 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.5951, 76.6548, 19.5446)
Luminance	0.7665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CAF251 #7951F2

analogous

#F2C951 #CAF251 #79F251

triadic

#CAF251 #51CAF2 #F251CA

tetradic

#CAF251 #51F2C9 #7951F2 #F25179

square

#CAF251 #51F2C9 #7951F2 #F25179

split-complementary

#CAF251 #5179F2 #C951F2

monochromatic

#90BB0E #B9EE18 #CAF251 #DBF68A #EDFBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.29

#CAF251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.33

#CAF251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAF251

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAF251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAF251	1.00	1.29	16.33	16.33
#FFFFFF	1.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4E6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caf251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 242, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.188 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#def68a',
    500: '#caf251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caf251;
$custom-light: #def68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caf251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.907,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9034,
    "c": 0.18766,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.76655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAF251

secondary

#512EB9

accent

#03E33A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16170C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAF251

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

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