#CDE059#CDE059

#CDE059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.160 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE059
RGB	rgb(205, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.5%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.51, -24.36, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.51, 66.77, 111.40°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0715 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.16 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6367, 67.0124, 19.5584)
Luminance	0.6701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE059 #6C59E0

analogous

#E0AF59 #CDE059 #8AE059

triadic

#CDE059 #59CDE0 #E059CD

tetradic

#CDE059 #59E0AF #6C59E0 #E0598A

square

#CDE059 #59E0AF #6C59E0 #E0598A

split-complementary

#CDE059 #598AE0 #AF59E0

monochromatic

#8EA11E #BCD428 #CDE059 #DDEA8D #ECF3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CDE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#CDE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE059

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE059	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)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.160 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe98d',
    500: '#cde059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde059;
$custom-light: #dfe98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.444,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86669,
    "c": 0.15957,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE059

secondary

#483AA4

accent

#15D02F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE059

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

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