#CDE22B#CDE22B

#CDE22B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.189 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE22B
RGB	rgb(205, 226, 43)
HSL	hsl(67, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 81%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -27.65, 78.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 82.92, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(86.8% -0.0845 0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(86.8% 0.189 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8107, 67.5470, 12.5409)
Luminance	0.6755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE22B #402BE2

analogous

#E29B2B #CDE22B #72E22B

triadic

#CDE22B #2BCDE2 #E22BCD

tetradic

#CDE22B #2BE29B #402BE2 #E22B72

square

#CDE22B #2BE29B #402BE2 #E22B72

split-complementary

#CDE22B #2B72E2 #9B2BE2

monochromatic

#748112 #A5B719 #CDE22B #DAE961 #E6F197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CDE22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#CDE22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE22B

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE22B	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)

#F2D600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 226, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.189 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1eb76',
    500: '#cde22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde22b;
$custom-light: #e1eb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.885,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86797,
    "c": 0.18927,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE22B

secondary

#342A88

accent

#35F34B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE22B

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

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