#cae308

Color #cae308

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 17.85 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cae308

RGB

rgb(202, 227, 8)

HSL

hsl(66.8, 93.2%, 46.1%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.8, 96.5%, 89%)

CMYK

cmyk(11%, 0%, 96.5%, 11%)

LAB

lab(85.76, -30.03, 83.65)

LCH

lch(85.76, 88.88, 109.75)

OKLCH

oklch(86.7%, 0.1999, 117.5)

HWB

hwb(66.8, 3.1%, 11%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2108e3

Analogous

#e38e08

#cae308

#5de308

Triadic

#cae308

#08cae3

#e308ca

Split-complementary

#cae308

#085de3

#8e08e3

Tetradic

#cae308

#08e321

#2108e3

#e308ca

Square

#cae308

#08e38e

#2108e3

#e3085d

Shades

Color #cae308 mixed toward black.

#a9bd07

#879705

#657204

#434c03

#222601

Tints

Color #cae308 mixed toward white.

#dff722

#e5f94e

#ecfa7a

#f2fca6

#f9fdd3

Tones

Color #cae308 mixed toward gray.

#bcd11a

#aebf2d

#a0ac3f

#929a51

#848863

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.45:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d5d678 · ΔE 10.3

Deuteranopia

#d4d284 · ΔE 12.8

Tritanopia

#cb9ca3 · ΔE 48.2

Achromatopsia

#d6d6d6 · ΔE 29.6

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cae308;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cae308]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cae308 (#cae308) is rgb(202, 227, 8) in RGB.

No, #cae308 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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