#CDE253#CDE253

#CDE253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.167 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE253
RGB	rgb(205, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.00, -25.73, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.00, 70.06, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(87.05% -0.0759 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(87.05% 0.167 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9356, 67.9970, 18.4653)
Luminance	0.6800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE253 #6853E2

analogous

#E2AF53 #CDE253 #85E253

triadic

#CDE253 #53CDE2 #E253CD

tetradic

#CDE253 #53E2AF #6853E2 #E25385

square

#CDE253 #53E2AF #6853E2 #E25385

split-complementary

#CDE253 #5385E2 #AF53E2

monochromatic

#8CA01B #BAD424 #CDE253 #DCEB87 #EBF4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CDE253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.60

#CDE253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE253

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE253	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)

#F1D740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.167 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfeb8a',
    500: '#cde253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde253;
$custom-light: #dfeb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.811,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8705,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE253

secondary

#4637A3

accent

#12D32F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE253

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

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