#CDE057#CDE057

#CDE057 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.161 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE057
RGB	rgb(205, 224, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 61.2%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -24.50, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 67.58, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.65% -0.0721 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(86.65% 0.161 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.5539, 66.9792, 19.1221)
Luminance	0.6698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE057 #6A57E0

analogous

#E0AE57 #CDE057 #88E057

triadic

#CDE057 #57CDE0 #E057CD

tetradic

#CDE057 #57E0AE #6A57E0 #E05788

square

#CDE057 #57E0AE #6A57E0 #E05788

split-complementary

#CDE057 #5788E0 #AE57E0

monochromatic

#8D9F1D #BBD327 #CDE057 #DCEA8B #ECF3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CDE057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#CDE057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE057

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE057	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 224, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.161 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe98c',
    500: '#cde057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde057;
$custom-light: #dfe98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.321,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8665,
    "c": 0.16115,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE057

secondary

#4739A2

accent

#15D12F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE057

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

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