#CDE045#CDE045

#CDE045 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.174 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE045
RGB	rgb(205, 224, 69)
HSL	hsl(67, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 69.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -25.60, 69.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 74.39, 110.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0768 0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.174 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9080, 66.7209, 15.7203)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE045 #5845E0

analogous

#E0A645 #CDE045 #7FE045

triadic

#CDE045 #45CDE0 #E045CD

tetradic

#CDE045 #45E0A6 #5845E0 #E0457F

square

#CDE045 #45E0A6 #5845E0 #E0457F

split-complementary

#CDE045 #457FE0 #A645E0

monochromatic

#839218 #B2C721 #CDE045 #DBE979 #E9F1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CDE045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#CDE045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE045

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE045	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 224, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.174 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e982',
    500: '#cde045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde045;
$custom-light: #e0e982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.355,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86503,
    "c": 0.17388,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE045

secondary

#3F3297

accent

#3AEE50

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE045

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

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