#CDE157#CDE157

#CDE157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.162 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE157
RGB	rgb(205, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.77, -24.98, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.77, 68.03, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.0734 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.162 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8234, 67.5183, 19.2119)
Luminance	0.6752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE157 #6B57E1

analogous

#E1B057 #CDE157 #88E157

triadic

#CDE157 #57CDE1 #E157CD

tetradic

#CDE157 #57E1B0 #6B57E1 #E15788

square

#CDE157 #57E1B0 #6B57E1 #E15788

split-complementary

#CDE157 #5788E1 #B057E1

monochromatic

#8EA11D #BBD526 #CDE157 #DCEA8B #ECF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CDE157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.50

#CDE157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE157

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE157	1.00	1.45	14.50	14.50
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.162 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfea8c',
    500: '#cde157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde157;
$custom-light: #dfea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.696,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86868,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE157

secondary

#4838A4

accent

#14D22F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE157

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

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