#CAF962#CAF962

#CAF962 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.184 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAF962
RGB	rgb(202, 249, 98)
HSL	hsl(79, 93%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 60.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.22, -36.49, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.22, 75.15, 119.05°)
OKLab	oklab(92.04% -0.1043 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(92.04% 0.184 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(60.4377, 81.1892, 24.0399)
Luminance	0.8119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAF962 #9162F9

analogous

#F9DC62 #CAF962 #7FF962

triadic

#CAF962 #62CAF9 #F962CA

tetradic

#CAF962 #62F9DC #9162F9 #F9627F

square

#CAF962 #62F9DC #9162F9 #F9627F

split-complementary

#CAF962 #627FF9 #DC62F9

monochromatic

#98D808 #B6F727 #CAF962 #DEFB9D #F2FED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#CAF962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#CAF962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAF962

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAF962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAF962	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEA50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE86D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2EED9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caf962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 249, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.184 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddfb94',
    500: '#caf962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caf962;
$custom-light: #ddfb94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caf962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.675,
    "s": 92.638,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92039,
    "c": 0.18375,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.8119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAF962

secondary

#602DD2

accent

#00E647

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFFF5

border

#D5D7CF

text

#15170E

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAF962

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

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