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#CAEC77 — Light Green

#CAEC77 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 #CAEC77 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.

#CAEC77 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 #9A79EC; it also sits naturally between #ECD379 and #92EC79. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAEC77 · RGB 202, 236, 119

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Color values

HEX#CAEC77
RGB202, 236, 119
HSL77°, 75%, 70%
HSV77°, 50%, 93%
CMYK14%, 0%, 50%, 7%
XYZ57.68, 73.88, 28.67
Yxy73.88, 0.3600, 0.4611
CIE-Lab88.87, -28.68, 52.61
Hunter Lab85.95, -26.45, 37.08

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 93% · Blue 47%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 50% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CAEC77 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAEC77 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAEC77

.text { color: #CAEC77; }
.background { background-color: #CAEC77; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAEC77; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 236, 119); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(77, 75%, 70%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAEC77; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 236, 119, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAEC77; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 236, 119, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAEC77">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAEC77">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAEC77

#BFE75A#B5E43F#A9DF20#95C41C#7DA518#658613#516B0F#394C0B#253107#0E1203

Tints of #CAEC77

#D1EE87#D4EF8F#D9F19D#DDF2A6#E2F4B3#E7F6C1#EAF7C9#F0F9D7#F3FBE0#F8FCED

Tones of #CAEC77

#C8E382#C4DC89#C1D392#BDCB9A#B9C3A2#B6BBAA

Color harmonies

Complementary — #9A79EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.33:1 Fails
Against black text15.78:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAEC77: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAEC77

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 #CAEC77: ·

How #CAEC77 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D993Deuteranopia · #D7D49ATritanopia · #CCAAAF

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 #CAEC77 rather than the exact color:

Amber Solace
#719D13 · #C5EE74 · #8B5EEB · #C6A7EE
Palette Fbfad3
#FBFAD3 · #C6E377 · #729D39 · #36622B
Vintage Dusk
#DDEB9E · #D3E971 · #677916 · #434F0C
Palette 27e1ce
#27E1CE · #EFFFB7 · #D6EC78 · #FF98DA
Palette Fff67e
#FFF67E · #BFEA7C · #9BCF53 · #416D19
Palette 89ac46
#89AC46 · #D3E671 · #F8ED8C · #FF8989

Similar colors

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

#C5EE74#C6E377#D3E971#D6EC78#BFEA7C#D3E671#C1EE6C#C3EA85#C4F086#D7E371#BEE581#D0F66A

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAEC76  ·  #CAEC78 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAEC77?

#CAEC77 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 202, 236, 119). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAEC77?

#CAEC77 is RGB 202, 236, 119 — HSL 77°, 75%, 70% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 50%, 7%.

What colors go with #CAEC77?

Its complement is #9A79EC; analogous partners are #ECD379 and #92EC79. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAEC77 for text?

Black text on #CAEC77 has a contrast ratio of 15.78:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.33:1.