All About Color Bitter Lemon

#CAE00D

Bitter Lemon is a vibrant, zesty yellow-green, like the color of a ripe lemon. It's a color that brings energy and freshness, perfect for adding a lively touch to any space.

About Bitter Lemon

Bitter Lemon is a medium yellow color with the hex code #CAE00D. In RGB it is red 202, green 224, blue 13; in HSL it is hue 66°, saturation 89%, lightness 46%; in CMYK it is 10%, 0%, 94%, 12%. Its contrast ratio is 1.48:1 on white and 14.18:1 on black.

#CAE00D Color Conversion

Hex tripletCA, E0, 0D
CMYK9.82%, 0.00%, 94.20%, 12.16%
RGB Decimal202, 224, 13
HSL66°, 89%, 46%
RGB Octal312, 340, 15
HSV (HSB)66.26°, 94.20%, 87.84%
RGB Binary11001010, 11100000, 1101
CIE-L*AB84.94, -28.58, 82.60
RGB Percent79.22%, 87.84%, 5.10%
CIE-L*CH84.94, 87.40, 109.08
XYZ51.09, 65.90, 10.41
CIE-L*UV84.94, -7.72, 94.48
xyY0.40, 0.52, 65.90
Hunter-Lab81.18, -29.73, 49.22
RYB5.10%, 87.84%, 13.73%

Color Accessibility Scores

#CAE00D on a dark background: contrast 14.18:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#CAE00D on a light background: contrast 1.48:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Bitter Lemon, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Bitter Lemon. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#CAE00D · #E5F551 · #7A8708 · #220DDE · #6251F5

Analogous palette

#DE220D · #DE8A0D · #CAE00D · #60DE0D · #0DDE22

Triadic palette

#CAE00D · #0DC9DE · #DE0DC9 · #E5F551 · #51E5F5

Tetradic palette

#CAE00D · #0DDE8A · #220DDE · #DE0D60 · #7A8708

Monochromatic palette

#464D04 · #879509 · #CAE00D · #E2F443 · #EDF88B

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