#CAF970#CAF970

#CAF970 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.815; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.172 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAF970
RGB	rgb(202, 249, 112)
HSL	hsl(81, 92%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(81, 55%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 55%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.34, -35.34, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.34, 69.52, 120.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.18% -0.0999 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(92.18% 0.172 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.1575, 81.4771, 27.8308)
Luminance	0.8148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 4.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAF970 #9F70F9

analogous

#F9E370 #CAF970 #85F970

triadic

#CAF970 #70CAF9 #F970CA

tetradic

#CAF970 #70F9E3 #9F70F9 #F97085

square

#CAF970 #70F9E3 #9F70F9 #F97085

split-complementary

#CAF970 #7085F9 #E370F9

monochromatic

#9AE50A #B4F735 #CAF970 #E0FBAB #F4FEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#CAF970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.30

#CAF970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAF970

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAF970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAF970	1.00	1.21	17.30	17.30
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1EFDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caf970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 249, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.172 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddfb9d',
    500: '#caf970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caf970;
$custom-light: #ddfb9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caf970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.584,
    "s": 91.946,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92183,
    "c": 0.17223,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.81478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAF970

secondary

#6E39D4

accent

#00E64F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFFF5

border

#D5D7CF

text

#15170F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAF970

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

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