#CDE252#CDE252

#CDE252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.167 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE252
RGB	rgb(205, 226, 82)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 63.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -25.79, 65.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 70.45, 111.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.04% -0.0761 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(87.04% 0.167 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.8973, 67.9816, 18.2635)
Luminance	0.6798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE252 #6752E2

analogous

#E2AF52 #CDE252 #85E252

triadic

#CDE252 #52CDE2 #E252CD

tetradic

#CDE252 #52E2AF #6752E2 #E25285

square

#CDE252 #52E2AF #6752E2 #E25285

split-complementary

#CDE252 #5285E2 #AF52E2

monochromatic

#8C9F1B #BAD323 #CDE252 #DCEB86 #EBF4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CDE252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#CDE252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE252

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE252	1.00	1.44	14.60	14.60
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 226, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.167 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfeb89',
    500: '#cde252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde252;
$custom-light: #dfeb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 71.287,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87042,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE252

secondary

#4636A2

accent

#12D32E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE252

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

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