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#CAE080 — Light Green

#CAE080 is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color Khaki (#F0E68C). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: khaki (#F0E68C) — not an exact match. CSS khaki gives you #F0E68C, a different color; use #CAE080 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CAE080 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #9680E0; it also sits naturally between #E0C680 and #99E080. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAE080 · RGB 202, 224, 128

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Color values

HEX#CAE080
RGB202, 224, 128
HSL74°, 61%, 69%
HSV74°, 43%, 88%
CMYK10%, 0%, 43%, 12%
XYZ54.91, 67.43, 30.54
Yxy67.43, 0.3592, 0.4410
CIE-Lab85.72, -22.02, 44.46
Hunter Lab82.11, -20.27, 32.15

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 88% · Blue 50%

Cyan 10% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 43% · Key 12%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CAE080 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAE080 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAE080

.text { color: #CAE080; }
.background { background-color: #CAE080; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAE080; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 224, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(74, 61%, 69%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAE080; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 224, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAE080; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 224, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAE080">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAE080">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAE080

#BFDA67#B3D34A#A9CD32#91B12B#7D9825#657B1E#516318#394611#252D0B#0E1004

Tints of #CAE080

#CFE38C#D2E594#D7E8A1#DDEBAD#E2EEB9#E5F0C1#EAF3CE#F0F6DA#F3F8E2#F8FBEF

Tones of #CAE080

#C6D987#C3D38D#BFCC94#BBC59B#B7BDA3#B4B7A9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9680E0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.45:1 Fails
Against black text14.49:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAE080: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAE080

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CAE080: ·

How #CAE080 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #D4D497Deuteranopia · #D2D19DTritanopia · #CBAAAE

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CAE080 rather than the exact color:

Royal Ruby Canyon
#E8F2CF · #C3DC84 · #B8D76A · #617E1B
Dreamy Ruby Garden
#9E2A2B · #CE9B49 · #C4DB7A · #AFE7A6
Palette 8a5f41
#8A5F41 · #A77F60 · #F3E4C9 · #CCD67F
Palette Fbfad3
#FBFAD3 · #C6E377 · #729D39 · #36622B
Golden Ruby Cascade
#C72B63 · #DA795E · #DBC770 · #BEE581
Misty Aurora
#C3EA85 · #6AD95B · #6FE299 · #74DECF

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C3DC84#C4DB7A#CCD67F#C6E377#BEE581#C3EA85#D7E083#D0DD8D#BFEA7C#D9DA82#CAD971#CCE490

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAE07F  ·  #CAE081 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAE080?

#CAE080 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 202, 224, 128). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAE080?

#CAE080 is RGB 202, 224, 128 — HSL 74°, 61%, 69% — CMYK 10%, 0%, 43%, 12%.

What colors go with #CAE080?

Its complement is #9680E0; analogous partners are #E0C680 and #99E080. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAE080 for text?

Black text on #CAE080 has a contrast ratio of 14.49:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.45:1.