Information about #CAE916 color

#CAE916 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CAE916 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(202, 233, 22) — 79.2% red, 91.4% green, 8.6% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 12 / 0 / 83 / 9. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

#CAE916 is a strongly colored golden yellow that carries an easy, daylight feel. In practice it works well for accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is very close to Bitter Lemon (#CAE00D). Slightly further away sit Spritzer (#C2E225) and Sickly Yellow (#D0E429).

The recipe behind #CAE916 is rgb(202, 233, 22), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CAE916: 15.2:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.4:1 for white. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#CAE916 color variations

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

#CAE916 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 #CAE916

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

Bitter Lemon color link
Bitter Lemon

#CAE00D

Spritzer color link
Spritzer

#C2E225

Neva color link
Neva

#C6D60D

Arctic Lime color link
Arctic Lime

#D0FF14

Lime Yellow color link
Lime Yellow

#D0FE1D

Yellowgreen color link
Yellowgreen

#BBF90F

t4shi color link
t4shi

#CEFF22

Inch Worm color link
Inch Worm

#B0E313

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CAE916
  • RGB202, 233, 22
  • CMYK12, 0, 83, 9
  • CSSrgb(202, 233, 22)
  • HSL69°, 83%, 50%
  • HSL Precise68.815°, 82.745%, 50%
  • HSV69°, 91%, 91%
  • HSB69°, 91%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.792
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.914
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.086
  • GLSLvec3(0.792, 0.914, 0.086)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.792, 0.914, 0.086, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.792, 0.914, 0.086)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB79.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB91.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB8.6%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCAE916
  • DECIMAL ID13297942
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01