#CDE056#CDE056

#CDE056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.162 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE056
RGB	rgb(205, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -24.57, 63.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 67.99, 111.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.64% -0.0723 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(86.64% 0.162 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.5133, 66.9630, 18.9084)
Luminance	0.6696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE056 #6956E0

analogous

#E0AE56 #CDE056 #88E056

triadic

#CDE056 #56CDE0 #E056CD

tetradic

#CDE056 #56E0AE #6956E0 #E05688

square

#CDE056 #56E0AE #6956E0 #E05688

split-complementary

#CDE056 #5688E0 #AE56E0

monochromatic

#8D9F1D #BBD227 #CDE056 #DCE98A #ECF3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CDE056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#CDE056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE056

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE056	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.162 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe98b',
    500: '#cde056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde056;
$custom-light: #dfe98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.261,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86641,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE056

secondary

#4738A2

accent

#15D12E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE056

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

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