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#CAEC66 — Light Vivid Green

#CAEC66 is a green color we call Light Vivid 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 #CAEC66 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.

#CAEC66 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 #8665EC; it also sits naturally between #ECCA65 and #86EC65. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAEC66 · RGB 202, 236, 102

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Color values

HEX#CAEC66
RGB202, 236, 102
HSL75°, 78%, 66%
HSV75°, 57%, 93%
CMYK14%, 0%, 57%, 7%
XYZ56.75, 73.51, 23.77
Yxy73.51, 0.3685, 0.4772
CIE-Lab88.69, -30.21, 60.08
Hunter Lab85.74, -27.74, 40.41

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 93% · Blue 40%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 57% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CAEC66 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAEC66 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAEC66

.text { color: #CAEC66; }
.background { background-color: #CAEC66; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAEC66; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 236, 102); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(75, 78%, 66%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAEC66; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 236, 102, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAEC66; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 236, 102, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAEC66">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAEC66">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAEC66

#C1E949#B7E52E#A7D51A#91BA17#7C9F14#678410#52680D#394909#232D06#0E1202

Tints of #CAEC66

#CFEE72#D3EF80#D8F18E#DDF39B#E1F4A9#E6F6B6#EBF8C4#EFF9D2#F4FBDF#F9FDED

Tones of #CAEC66

#C5E26E#C1D978#BCCF81#B7C58C#B2BB95#ADB29F

Color harmonies

Complementary — #8665EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.34:1 Fails
Against black text15.70:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAEC66: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAEC66

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 #CAEC66: ·

How #CAEC66 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D986Deuteranopia · #D7D48ETritanopia · #CCA0A6

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 Yellow 500 · #FFEB3BMaterial Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CAEC66 rather than the exact color:

Amber Ruby Monsoon
#E63692 · #E65F57 · #DC9519 · #D3F067
Smoky Ruby Bloom
#CBC019 · #C1EE6C · #86E866 · #44DF5C
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Silent Garden
#E9EE57 · #BEED66 · #9FEC78 · #85F083
Palette D0f66a
#D0F66A · #36C186 · #158A8C · #1E5287
Vivid Ruby Petal
#537718 · #CEE063 · #682AD0 · #BDA8E7

Similar colors

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

#D3F067#C1EE6C#D5EC64#BEED66#D0F66A#CEE063#C6F15A#C5DF62#D3E971#C5EE74#C4DE67#D3E671

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAEC65  ·  #CAEC67 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAEC66?

#CAEC66 is Light Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 202, 236, 102). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAEC66?

#CAEC66 is RGB 202, 236, 102 — HSL 75°, 78%, 66% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 57%, 7%.

What colors go with #CAEC66?

Its complement is #8665EC; analogous partners are #ECCA65 and #86EC65. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAEC66 for text?

Black text on #CAEC66 has a contrast ratio of 15.70:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.34:1.