#CAF259#CAF259

#CAF259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.768; OKLCH L 90.4% C 0.182 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAF259
RGB	rgb(202, 242, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 85%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(76, 63%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 63.2%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.22, -33.96, 67.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.22, 75.28, 116.82°)
OKLab	oklab(90.41% -0.0981 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(90.41% 0.182 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.9130, 76.7819, 21.2186)
Luminance	0.7678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAF259 #8159F2

analogous

#F2CD59 #CAF259 #7EF259

triadic

#CAF259 #59CAF2 #F259CA

tetradic

#CAF259 #59F2CD #8159F2 #F2597E

square

#CAF259 #59F2CD #8159F2 #F2597E

split-complementary

#CAF259 #597EF2 #CD59F2

monochromatic

#93C10F #B8EE20 #CAF259 #DCF692 #EEFBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#CAF259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.36

#CAF259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAF259

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAF259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAF259	1.00	1.28	16.36	16.36
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4E6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caf259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 242, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.4% 0.182 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf68e',
    500: '#caf259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caf259;
$custom-light: #ddf68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caf259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.686,
    "s": 85.475,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90406,
    "c": 0.18202,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.76782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAF259

secondary

#5530BF

accent

#04E23E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAF259

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

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