#CDE037#CDE037

#CDE037 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.182 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE037
RGB	rgb(205, 224, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -26.27, 74.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 78.92, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.0799 0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.182 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5235, 66.5671, 13.6955)
Luminance	0.6657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE037 #4A37E0

analogous

#E09F37 #CDE037 #78E037

triadic

#CDE037 #37CDE0 #E037CD

tetradic

#CDE037 #37E09F #4A37E0 #E03778

square

#CDE037 #37E09F #4A37E0 #E03778

split-complementary

#CDE037 #3778E0 #9F37E0

monochromatic

#7B8815 #ABBD1D #CDE037 #DAE86C #E7F0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CDE037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#CDE037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE037

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE037	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D406

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 224, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.182 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e97b',
    500: '#cde037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde037;
$custom-light: #e0e97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.746,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86416,
    "c": 0.18181,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE037

secondary

#382E8E

accent

#38F04D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE037

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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