#CDE049#CDE049

#CDE049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.171 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE049
RGB	rgb(205, 224, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -25.38, 68.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 72.96, 110.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0759 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.171 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.0363, 66.7722, 16.3964)
Luminance	0.6677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE049 #5C49E0

analogous

#E0A849 #CDE049 #81E049

triadic

#CDE049 #49CDE0 #E049CD

tetradic

#CDE049 #49E0A8 #5C49E0 #E04981

square

#CDE049 #49E0A8 #5C49E0 #E04981

split-complementary

#CDE049 #4981E0 #A849E0

monochromatic

#869519 #B4C922 #CDE049 #DBE97D #EAF2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CDE049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#CDE049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE049

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE049	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 224, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.171 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e984',
    500: '#cde049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde049;
$custom-light: #e0e984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.55,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86533,
    "c": 0.1713,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE049

secondary

#40349A

accent

#3AEE51

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE049

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

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