#CDE051#CDE051

#CDE051 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.166 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE051
RGB	rgb(205, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -24.90, 65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 69.96, 110.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0738 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.166 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.3188, 66.8852, 17.8843)
Luminance	0.6688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE051 #6451E0

analogous

#E0AC51 #CDE051 #86E051

triadic

#CDE051 #51CDE0 #E051CD

tetradic

#CDE051 #51E0AC #6451E0 #E05186

square

#CDE051 #51E0AC #6451E0 #E05186

split-complementary

#CDE051 #5186E0 #AC51E0

monochromatic

#8A9B1C #B8CF25 #CDE051 #DCE985 #EBF3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CDE051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#CDE051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE051

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE051	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.166 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe989',
    500: '#cde051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde051;
$custom-light: #dfe989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.972,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86597,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE051

secondary

#44379F

accent

#3BED53

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE051

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

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