#CDE256#CDE256

#CDE256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.680; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.164 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE256
RGB	rgb(205, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.03, -25.52, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.03, 68.88, 111.75°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.075 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.164 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0540, 68.0443, 19.0886)
Luminance	0.6804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE256 #6B56E2

analogous

#E2B156 #CDE256 #87E256

triadic

#CDE256 #56CDE2 #E256CD

tetradic

#CDE256 #56E2B1 #6B56E2 #E25687

square

#CDE256 #56E2B1 #6B56E2 #E25687

split-complementary

#CDE256 #5687E2 #B156E2

monochromatic

#8EA21C #BBD625 #CDE256 #DCEB8A #ECF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CDE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#CDE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE256

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE256	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.164 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfeb8c',
    500: '#cde256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde256;
$custom-light: #dfeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87077,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE256

secondary

#4838A5

accent

#13D330

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE256

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

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