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#CAEE60 — Vivid Green

#CAEE60 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color DarkKhaki (#BDB76B). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: darkkhaki (#BDB76B) — not an exact match. CSS darkkhaki gives you #BDB76B, a different color; use #CAEE60 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.

#CAEE60 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 #825DEE; it also sits naturally between #EECA5D and #82EE5D. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CAEE60 · RGB 202, 238, 96

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Color values

HEX#CAEE60
RGB202, 238, 96
HSL75°, 81%, 65%
HSV75°, 60%, 93%
CMYK15%, 0%, 60%, 7%
XYZ57.04, 74.55, 22.45
Yxy74.55, 0.3703, 0.4840
CIE-Lab89.18, -31.62, 63.19
Hunter Lab86.34, -29.01, 41.87

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 79% · Green 93% · Blue 38%

Cyan 15% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 60% · Key 7%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CAEE60 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CAEE60 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CAEE60

.text { color: #CAEE60; }
.background { background-color: #CAEE60; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CAEE60; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(202, 238, 96); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(75, 81%, 65%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CAEE60; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(202, 238, 96, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CAEE60; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(202, 238, 96, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CAEE60">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CAEE60">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CAEE60

#C1EB42#B8E826#A8D917#93BD14#7DA211#64810E#4F660B#394A08#242E05#0E1202

Tints of #CAEE60

#CEEF6B#D3F179#D8F287#DCF495#E2F6A7#E7F7B5#EBF9C3#F0FAD1#F4FCDF#F9FDED

Tones of #CAEE60

#C5E368#C0DA72#BACF7D#B5C587#B0BA91#ABB09B

Color harmonies

Complementary — #825DEE:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.32:1 Fails
Against black text15.91:1 AAA

Best text color on #CAEE60: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CAEE60

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 #CAEE60: ·

How #CAEE60 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #DADA82Deuteranopia · #D8D58BTritanopia · #CC9DA3

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 #CAEE60 rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby Terrace
#2F0C88 · #7357F0 · #C6F15A · #E2EF94
Smoky Ruby Voyage
#E3CA1D · #C6EB56 · #55A722 · #58E956
Amber Ruby Monsoon
#E63692 · #E65F57 · #DC9519 · #D3F067
Burning Ruby Cascade
#AD3415 · #E6AD32 · #D5EC64 · #C4F4A9
Silent Garden
#E9EE57 · #BEED66 · #9FEC78 · #85F083
Palette D0f66a
#D0F66A · #36C186 · #158A8C · #1E5287

Similar colors

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

#C6F15A#C6EB56#D3F067#D5EC64#BEED66#D0F66A#CEE063#C1EE6C#C5DF62#CADE5A#D6FB61#C8E055

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CAEE5F  ·  #CAEE61 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CAEE60?

#CAEE60 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 202, 238, 96). Its closest standard named color is DarkKhaki.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CAEE60?

#CAEE60 is RGB 202, 238, 96 — HSL 75°, 81%, 65% — CMYK 15%, 0%, 60%, 7%.

What colors go with #CAEE60?

Its complement is #825DEE; analogous partners are #EECA5D and #82EE5D. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CAEE60 for text?

Black text on #CAEE60 has a contrast ratio of 15.91:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.32:1.