#cae916

Color #cae916

A vivid, highly saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Yellow #ffff00 · ΔE 18.39 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#cae916

RGB

rgb(202, 233, 22)

HSL

hsl(68.8, 82.7%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.8, 90.6%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 90.6%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(87.43, -32.63, 83.48)

LCH

lch(87.43, 89.63, 111.35)

OKLCH

oklch(88.1%, 0.2038, 119.07)

HWB

hwb(68.8, 8.6%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3516e9

Analogous

#e99e16

#cae916

#61e916

Triadic

#cae916

#16cae9

#e916ca

Split-complementary

#cae916

#1661e9

#9e16e9

Tetradic

#cae916

#16e935

#3516e9

#e916ca

Square

#cae916

#16e99e

#3516e9

#e91661

Shades

Color #cae916 mixed toward black.

#a8c212

#879b0f

#65740b

#434e07

#222704

Tints

Color #cae916 mixed toward white.

#d3ed3d

#dcf064

#e5f48b

#edf8b1

#f6fbd8

Tones

Color #cae916 mixed toward gray.

#bed728

#b1c639

#a5b44b

#98a35c

#8c916e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.38:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.18:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.18:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d8d87c · ΔE 11.1

Deuteranopia

#d6d489 · ΔE 13.7

Tritanopia

#cca1a8 · ΔE 47.9

Achromatopsia

#dbdbdb · ΔE 29.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #cae916;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cae916]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cae916 (#cae916) is rgb(202, 233, 22) in RGB.

No, #cae916 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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