Information about #CAE240 color

#CAE240 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CAE240 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(202, 226, 64) — 79.2% red, 88.6% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 9 / 0 / 64 / 11. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

#CAE240 is a vivid, lively sunny yellow that sits on the lighter side of the spectrum. It is a natural fit for logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Las Palmas (#C6DA36). Nearby in the Register you will also find Pear (#D1E231) and Brilliant Lime Green (#C2E751).

The recipe behind #CAE240 is rgb(202, 226, 64), with green as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 14.5:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.5:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#CAE240 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CAE240 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CAE240

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CAE240
  • RGB202, 226, 64
  • CMYK9, 0, 64, 11
  • CSSrgb(202, 226, 64)
  • HSL69°, 74%, 57%
  • HSL Precise68.889°, 73.636%, 56.863%
  • HSV69°, 72%, 89%
  • HSB69°, 72%, 89%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.886
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.792, 0.886, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.792, 0.886, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.792, 0.886, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB88.6%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCAE240
  • DECIMAL ID13296192
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers5 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01