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#CAEC93 — Light Green

#CAEC93 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 #CAEC93 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.

#CAEC93 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 #B593EC; it also sits naturally between #ECE193 and #9DEC93. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAEC93 · RGB 202, 236, 147

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Color values

HEX#CAEC93
RGB202, 236, 147
HSL83°, 70%, 75%
HSV83°, 38%, 93%
CMYK14%, 0%, 38%, 7%
XYZ59.62, 74.65, 38.87
Yxy74.65, 0.3443, 0.4312
CIE-Lab89.23, -25.57, 39.55
Hunter Lab86.40, -23.79, 30.22

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 93% · Blue 58%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 38% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CAEC93 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAEC93 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAEC93

.text { color: #CAEC93; }
.background { background-color: #CAEC93; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAEC93; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 236, 147); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(83, 70%, 75%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAEC93; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 236, 147, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAEC93; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 236, 147, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAEC93">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAEC93">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAEC93

#BBE774#ACE156#9DDC38#8BCC24#77AD1F#5F8B18#4A6C13#354E0E#213008#0C1103

Tints of #CAEC93

#CEED9B#D2EFA4#D6F0AD#DBF2B5#E1F4C2#E5F6CB#EAF7D4#EEF9DC#F2FAE5#F6FCEE

Tones of #CAEC93

#C8E599#C7DF9F#C5D9A6#C4D2AC#C2CCB3#C1C6B9

Color harmonies

Complementary — #B593EC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.32:1 Fails
Against black text15.93:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAEC93: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAEC93

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 #CAEC93: ·

How #CAEC93 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9A9Deuteranopia · #D7D4AETritanopia · #CCBABD

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 #CAEC93 rather than the exact color:

Palette Ffd4d4
#FFD4D4 · #FFFFE8 · #CDE990 · #AACB73
Palette 0766ad
#0766AD · #29ADB2 · #C5E898 · #F3F3F3
Palette F2f4b2
#F2F4B2 · #CCE490 · #0C907D · #0D627A
Palette 72bf78
#72BF78 · #A0D683 · #D3EE98 · #FEFF9F
Palette F4e04d
#F4E04D · #F2ED6F · #CEE397 · #8DB1AB
Crimson Aurora
#DEF5C7 · #C7F19C · #6DC11B · #29450C

Similar colors

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

#CDE990#C5E898#CCE490#D3EE98#CEE397#C7F19C#C7E79D#CAF39E#CCDF92#D0F288#C4F086#C1EA9F

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAEC92  ·  #CAEC94 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAEC93?

#CAEC93 is Light Green, a green color (RGB 202, 236, 147). Its closest standard named color is Khaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAEC93?

#CAEC93 is RGB 202, 236, 147 — HSL 83°, 70%, 75% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 38%, 7%.

What colors go with #CAEC93?

Its complement is #B593EC; analogous partners are #ECE193 and #9DEC93. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAEC93 for text?

Black text on #CAEC93 has a contrast ratio of 15.93:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.