diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f1983fd..07a71b4 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -113,7 +113,23 @@ export function camelCase<
   T extends string | readonly string[],
   UserCaseOptions extends CaseOptions = CaseOptions,
 >(str?: T, opts?: UserCaseOptions) {
-  return lowerFirst(pascalCase(str || "", opts)) as CamelCase<
+  if (!str) {
+    return "";
+  }
+  const rawParts = Array.isArray(str) ? str : splitByCase(str as string);
+  const parts = rawParts.filter(Boolean);
+  if (parts.length === 0) {
+    return "";
+  }
+  const [first = "", ...rest] = parts;
+  const firstFormatted =
+    opts?.normalize || first === first.toUpperCase()
+      ? first.toLowerCase()
+      : lowerFirst(first);
+  const restFormatted = rest.map((p) =>
+    upperFirst(opts?.normalize ? p.toLowerCase() : p),
+  );
+  return (firstFormatted + restFormatted.join("")) as CamelCase<
     T,
     UserCaseOptions["normalize"]
   >;
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 9e7f1dd..69f4734 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@ type CapitalizedWords<
       Normalize
     >
   : Accumulator;
+type CamelCaseWords<
+  T extends readonly string[],
+  Normalize extends boolean | undefined = false,
+> = T extends readonly [infer F extends string, ...infer R extends string[]]
+  ? F extends ""
+    ? CamelCaseWords<R, Normalize>
+    : `${Normalize extends true ? Lowercase<F> : F extends Uppercase<F> ? Lowercase<F> : Uncapitalize<F>}${CapitalizedWords<R, "", Normalize>}`
+  : "";
 type JoinLowercaseWords<
   T extends readonly string[],
   Joiner extends string,
@@ -133,7 +141,13 @@ export type CamelCase<
   ? string
   : string[] extends T
     ? string
-    : Uncapitalize<PascalCase<T, Normalize>>;
+    : T extends string
+      ? SplitByCase<T> extends readonly string[]
+        ? CamelCaseWords<SplitByCase<T>, Normalize>
+        : never
+      : T extends readonly string[]
+        ? CamelCaseWords<T, Normalize>
+        : never;
 
 export type KebabCase<
   T extends string | readonly string[],
diff --git a/test/scule.test.ts b/test/scule.test.ts
index bd5ec3b..cd7107f 100644
--- a/test/scule.test.ts
+++ b/test/scule.test.ts
@@ -57,9 +57,27 @@ describe("pascalCase", () => {
 
 describe("camelCase", () => {
   test.each([
+    ["", ""],
+    ["-", ""],
+    [[], ""],
     ["FooBarBaz", "fooBarBaz"],
-    ["FOO_BAR", "fooBar"],
+    ["APIBaseURL", "apiBaseURL"],
+    ["XMLParser", "xmlParser"],
+    ["HTTPSResponse", "httpsResponse"],
+    ["-foo", "foo"],
+    ["--foo-bar--", "fooBar"],
+    [["fooBar", "Baz"], "fooBarBaz"],
+    [["API", "Base", "URL"], "apiBaseURL"],
   ])("%s => %s", (input, expected) => {
+    expect(camelCase(input)).toMatchObject(expected);
+  });
+
+  test.each([
+    ["FooBarBaz", "fooBarBaz"],
+    ["FOO_BAR", "fooBar"],
+    ["API_Base_URL", "apiBaseUrl"],
+    ["MY_API_KEY", "myApiKey"],
+  ])("%s (normalized) => %s", (input, expected) => {
     expect(camelCase(input, { normalize: true })).toMatchObject(expected);
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/types.test-d.ts b/test/types.test-d.ts
index bd722b1..b49676b 100644
--- a/test/types.test-d.ts
+++ b/test/types.test-d.ts
@@ -72,10 +72,14 @@ describe("CamelCase", () => {
     assertType<CamelCase<"FooBARb", true>>("fooBaRb");
     assertType<CamelCase<"foo_bar-baz/qux", true>>("fooBarBazQux");
     assertType<CamelCase<"FOO_BAR", true>>("fooBar");
+    assertType<CamelCase<"APIBaseURL">>("apiBaseURL");
+    assertType<CamelCase<"APIBaseURL", true>>("apiBaseUrl");
   });
 
   test("array", () => {
     assertType<CamelCase<["Foo", "Bar"], true>>("fooBar");
+    assertType<CamelCase<["fooBar", "Baz"]>>("fooBarBaz");
+    assertType<CamelCase<["API", "Base", "URL"]>>("apiBaseURL");
   });
 });