#CDE257#CDE257

#CDE257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.163 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE257
RGB	rgb(205, 226, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 61.5%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -25.46, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 68.48, 111.82°)
OKLab	oklab(87.09% -0.0747 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(87.09% 0.163 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0945, 68.0605, 19.3023)
Luminance	0.6806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE257 #6C57E2

analogous

#E2B257 #CDE257 #88E257

triadic

#CDE257 #57CDE2 #E257CD

tetradic

#CDE257 #57E2B2 #6C57E2 #E25788

square

#CDE257 #57E2B2 #6C57E2 #E25788

split-complementary

#CDE257 #5788E2 #B257E2

monochromatic

#8EA31C #BCD725 #CDE257 #DDEB8B #ECF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#CDE257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#CDE257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE257

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE257	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)

#F0D746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 226, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.163 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfeb8c',
    500: '#cde257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde257;
$custom-light: #dfeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.065,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87086,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE257

secondary

#4838A5

accent

#13D330

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE257

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

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