#CAF978#CAF978

#CAF978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.165 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAF978
RGB	rgb(202, 249, 120)
HSL	hsl(82, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(82, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 51.8%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.43, -34.60, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.43, 66.16, 121.53°)
OKLab	oklab(92.28% -0.0972 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(92.28% 0.165 126)
XYZ	xyz(61.6229, 81.6633, 30.2817)
Luminance	0.8166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAF978 #A778F9

analogous

#F9E778 #CAF978 #8AF978

triadic

#CAF978 #78CAF9 #F978CA

tetradic

#CAF978 #78F9E7 #A778F9 #F9788A

square

#CAF978 #78F9E7 #A778F9 #F9788A

split-complementary

#CAF978 #788AF9 #E778F9

monochromatic

#9AEC0A #B3F63D #CAF978 #E1FCB3 #F3FEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#CAF978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.33

#CAF978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAF978

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAF978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAF978	1.00	1.21	17.33	17.33
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1EFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caf978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 249, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.165 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcfba2',
    500: '#caf978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caf978;
$custom-light: #dcfba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caf978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.86,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92276,
    "c": 0.1651,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.81664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAF978

secondary

#7640D5

accent

#00E654

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFFF6

border

#D5D7D0

text

#15170F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAF978

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

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