#CAFA79#CAFA79

#CAFA79 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.166 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAFA79
RGB	rgb(202, 250, 121)
HSL	hsl(82, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(82, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.71, -34.96, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.71, 66.25, 121.85°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0981 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.166 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.9938, 82.3075, 30.7063)
Luminance	0.8231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAFA79 #A979FA

analogous

#FAEA79 #CAFA79 #89FA79

triadic

#CAFA79 #79CAFA #FA79CA

tetradic

#CAFA79 #79FAEA #A979FA #FA7989

square

#CAFA79 #79FAEA #A979FA #FA7989

split-complementary

#CAFA79 #7989FA #EA79FA

monochromatic

#9AF009 #B3F83E #CAFA79 #E1FCB4 #F3FEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#CAFA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.46

#CAFA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAFA79

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAFA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAFA79	1.00	1.20	17.46	17.46
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFEC6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0F0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cafa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 250, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.166 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcfca3',
    500: '#cafa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cafa79;
$custom-light: #dcfca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cafa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.326,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92509,
    "c": 0.1655,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAFA79

secondary

#7841D7

accent

#00E655

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFFF6

border

#D5D7D0

text

#15170F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAFA79

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

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