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#CAECAE — Light Green

#CAECAE is a green color we call Light Green, closest to the named color PaleGoldenRod (#EEE8AA). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: palegoldenrod (#EEE8AA) — not an exact match. CSS palegoldenrod gives you #EEE8AA, a different color; use #CAECAE 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.

#CAECAE is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is light enough to work as a background or base color, with darker text on top.

Its strongest partner is its complement #CFACEC; it also sits naturally between #E8ECAC and #ACECB0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAECAE · RGB 202, 236, 174

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Color values

HEX#CAECAE
RGB202, 236, 174
HSL93°, 62%, 80%
HSV93°, 26%, 93%
CMYK14%, 0%, 26%, 7%
XYZ61.99, 75.60, 51.37
Yxy75.60, 0.3281, 0.4001
CIE-Lab89.67, -21.88, 26.50
Hunter Lab86.95, -20.58, 21.92

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 93% · Blue 68%

Cyan 14% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 26% · Key 7%

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

Previews

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

CSS code for #CAECAE

.text { color: #CAECAE; }
.background { background-color: #CAECAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAECAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 236, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(93, 62%, 80%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAECAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 236, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAECAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 236, 174, 0.8); }

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

Shades of #CAECAE

#B3E48B#A0DD6E#8BD54D#78CF30#64AE29#518C21#41701A#2D4E12#1D320C#0A1104

Tints of #CAECAE

#CEEEB5#D1EFB9#D6F0C1#D9F1C5#DFF3CD#E4F5D6#E7F6DA#ECF8E2#EFF9E6#F4FBEE

Tones of #CAECAE

#C9E7B1#CAE2B6#CADEBA#CBDABE#CBD5C3#CCD1C7

Color harmonies

Complementary — #CFACEC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.30:1 Fails
Against black text16.12:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAECAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAECAE

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 #CAECAE: ·

How #CAECAE looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D9D9BDDeuteranopia · #D7D4C1Tritanopia · #CCC9CB

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:

Bootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

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

Palette Ddffbb
#DDFFBB · #C7E9B0 · #B3C99C · #A4BC92
Palette A5dd9b
#A5DD9B · #C5EBAA · #F6F193 · #F2C18D
Palette 8e3e63
#8E3E63 · #D2649A · #F6FAB9 · #CAE6B2
Dusty Ruby Solace
#AF2234 · #D7782F · #E5E577 · #CEF0B4
Cosmic Breeze
#C8EDA6 · #B9E78E · #69A82F · #4E7B23
Vivid Lagoon
#5228A7 · #AC71DD · #97C931 · #CDE4AD

Similar colors

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

#C7E9B0#C5EBAA#CAE6B2#CEF0B4#C8EDA6#CDE4AD#D2F0AD#C4EAB5#C9E4B3#C3E7A9#C0EFAE#C3F2B3

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAECAD  ·  #CAECAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAECAE?

#CAECAE is Light Green, a green color (RGB 202, 236, 174). Its closest standard named color is PaleGoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAECAE?

#CAECAE is RGB 202, 236, 174 — HSL 93°, 62%, 80% — CMYK 14%, 0%, 26%, 7%.

What colors go with #CAECAE?

Its complement is #CFACEC; analogous partners are #E8ECAC and #ACECB0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAECAE for text?

Black text on #CAECAE has a contrast ratio of 16.12:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.30:1.