#CAF979#CAF979

#CAF979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.164 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAF979
RGB	rgb(202, 249, 121)
HSL	hsl(82, 91%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(82, 51%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 0%, 51.4%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.44, -34.51, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.44, 65.74, 121.66°)
OKLab	oklab(92.29% -0.0968 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(92.29% 0.164 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.6839, 81.6877, 30.6030)
Luminance	0.8169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAF979 #A879F9

analogous

#F9E879 #CAF979 #8AF979

triadic

#CAF979 #79CAF9 #F979CA

tetradic

#CAF979 #79F9E8 #A879F9 #F9798A

square

#CAF979 #79F9E8 #A879F9 #F9798A

split-complementary

#CAF979 #798AF9 #E879F9

monochromatic

#9AED0B #B3F63E #CAF979 #E1FCB4 #F3FEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#CAF979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.34

#CAF979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAF979

17.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAF979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAF979	1.00	1.21	17.34	17.34
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1EFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #caf979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 249, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.164 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcfba3',
    500: '#caf979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #caf979;
$custom-light: #dcfba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#caf979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.031,
    "s": 91.429,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92288,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAF979

secondary

#7741D5

accent

#00E654

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFFF6

border

#D5D7D0

text

#15170F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAF979

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

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