#CDE249#CDE249

#CDE249 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.679; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.174 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE249
RGB	rgb(205, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.93, -26.34, 68.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.93, 73.81, 110.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0785 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.174 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5770, 67.8535, 16.5767)
Luminance	0.6785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE249 #5E49E2

analogous

#E2AA49 #CDE249 #80E249

triadic

#CDE249 #49CDE2 #E249CD

tetradic

#CDE249 #49E2AA #5E49E2 #E24980

square

#CDE249 #49E2AA #5E49E2 #E24980

split-complementary

#CDE249 #4980E2 #AA49E2

monochromatic

#879818 #B5CD21 #CDE249 #DCEA7E #EAF3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CDE249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.57

#CDE249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE249

14.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE249	1.00	1.44	14.57	14.57
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.174 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0eb84',
    500: '#cde249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde249;
$custom-light: #e0eb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8697,
    "c": 0.17351,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE249

secondary

#41339C

accent

#39EF52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE249

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

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