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#CAEB98 — Light Green

#CAEB98 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 #CAEB98 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.

#CAEB98 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 #BA99EB; it also sits naturally between #EBE399 and #A1EB99. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAEB98 · RGB 202, 235, 152

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Color values

HEX#CAEB98
RGB202, 235, 152
HSL84°, 67%, 76%
HSV84°, 35%, 92%
CMYK14%, 0%, 35%, 8%
XYZ59.73, 74.24, 40.89
Yxy74.24, 0.3416, 0.4246
CIE-Lab89.04, -24.46, 36.81
Hunter Lab86.16, -22.79, 28.55

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 92% · Blue 60%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 35% · Key 8%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CAEB98 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAEB98 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAEB98

.text { color: #CAEB98; }
.background { background-color: #CAEB98; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAEB98; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 235, 152); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(84, 67%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAEB98; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 235, 152, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAEB98; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 235, 152, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAEB98">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAEB98">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAEB98

#BBE57B#ABDF5D#99D83B#88C828#74AA22#5F8D1C#4B6F16#344D0F#202F09#0C1103

Tints of #CAEB98

#CEECA1#D3EEAA#D7F0B2#DCF2BB#E0F3C3#E5F5CC#E9F7D4#EDF8DD#F2FAE5#F6FCEE

Tones of #CAEB98

#C9E59F#C8DFA4#C6D9AB#C5D4B0#C4CDB6#C3C8BC

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BA99EB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.85:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAEB98: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAEB98

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 #CAEB98: ·

How #CAEB98 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D8D9ACDeuteranopia · #D6D4B1Tritanopia · #CCBCBF

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

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CAEB98 rather than the exact color:

Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Tender Ruby Dusk
#631FBC · #875CE4 · #81CA22 · #C7E79D
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C
Palette Ffd4d4
#FFD4D4 · #FFFFE8 · #CDE990 · #AACB73
Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB
Palette 72bf78
#72BF78 · #A0D683 · #D3EE98 · #FEFF9F

Similar colors

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

#C5E898#C7E79D#C7F19C#CDE990#CEE397#D3EE98#CAF39E#CCE490#CAF2A1#C1EA9F#BFEE9E#C1E59F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAEB97  ·  #CAEB99 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAEB98?

#CAEB98 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 202, 235, 152). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAEB98?

#CAEB98 is RGB 202, 235, 152 — HSL 84°, 67%, 76% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 35%, 8%.

What colors go with #CAEB98?

Its complement is #BA99EB; analogous partners are #EBE399 and #A1EB99. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAEB98 for text?

Black text on #CAEB98 has a contrast ratio of 15.85:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.