#CDE142#CDE142

#CDE142 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.177 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE142
RGB	rgb(205, 225, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 73%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 70.7%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -26.24, 71.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 75.83, 110.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0789 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.177 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0867, 67.2236, 15.3321)
Luminance	0.6722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE142 #5642E1

analogous

#E1A542 #CDE142 #7EE142

triadic

#CDE142 #42CDE1 #E142CD

tetradic

#CDE142 #42E1A5 #5642E1 #E1427E

square

#CDE142 #42E1A5 #5642E1 #E1427E

split-complementary

#CDE142 #427EE1 #A542E1

monochromatic

#829217 #B1C61F #CDE142 #DBE977 #E9F2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CDE142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#CDE142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE142

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE142	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 225, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.177 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ea80',
    500: '#cde142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde142;
$custom-light: #e0ea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.547,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86702,
    "c": 0.17681,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE142

secondary

#3E3196

accent

#38EF4F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE142

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

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