#CDE159#CDE159

#CDE159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.161 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE159
RGB	rgb(205, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -24.84, 62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 67.22, 111.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.89% -0.0728 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(86.89% 0.161 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9062, 67.5514, 19.6482)
Luminance	0.6755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE159 #6D59E1

analogous

#E1B159 #CDE159 #89E159

triadic

#CDE159 #59CDE1 #E159CD

tetradic

#CDE159 #59E1B1 #6D59E1 #E15989

square

#CDE159 #59E1B1 #6D59E1 #E15989

split-complementary

#CDE159 #5989E1 #B159E1

monochromatic

#8FA21D #BCD627 #CDE159 #DDEA8D #ECF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CDE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#CDE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE159

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE159	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D5C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.161 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfea8d',
    500: '#cde159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde159;
$custom-light: #dfea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86887,
    "c": 0.16074,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE159

secondary

#4939A5

accent

#14D130

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE159

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

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