#CAF261#CAF261

#CAF261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.176 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAF261
RGB	rgb(202, 242, 97)
HSL	hsl(77, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(77, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 0%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.29, -33.38, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.29, 72.18, 117.55°)
OKLab	oklab(90.48% -0.0957 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(90.48% 0.176 123)
XYZ	xyz(58.2674, 76.9236, 23.0850)
Luminance	0.7692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAF261 #8961F2

analogous

#F2D261 #CAF261 #82F261

triadic

#CAF261 #61CAF2 #F261CA

tetradic

#CAF261 #61F2D2 #8961F2 #F26182

square

#CAF261 #61F2D2 #8961F2 #F26182

split-complementary

#CAF261 #6182F2 #D261F2

monochromatic

#95C810 #B7ED28 #CAF261 #DDF79A #F0FBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#CAF261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.38

#CAF261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAF261

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAF261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAF261	1.00	1.28	16.38	16.38
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3E7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caf261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 242, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.176 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf693',
    500: '#caf261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caf261;
$custom-light: #ddf693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caf261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.552,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9048,
    "c": 0.1759,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.76924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAF261

secondary

#5B32C5

accent

#04E141

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAF261

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

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