#CDE261#CDE261

#CDE261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.155 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE261
RGB	rgb(205, 226, 97)
HSL	hsl(70, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 57.1%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.12, -24.72, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.12, 64.36, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0717 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.155 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.5317, 68.2354, 21.6050)
Luminance	0.6824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE261 #7661E2

analogous

#E2B661 #CDE261 #8CE261

triadic

#CDE261 #61CDE2 #E261CD

tetradic

#CDE261 #61E2B6 #7661E2 #E2618C

square

#CDE261 #61E2B6 #7661E2 #E2618C

split-complementary

#CDE261 #618CE2 #B661E2

monochromatic

#93A91F #BDD92D #CDE261 #DDEB95 #EEF5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CDE261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.65

#CDE261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE261

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE261	1.00	1.43	14.65	14.65
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 226, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.155 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfeb92',
    500: '#cde261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde261;
$custom-light: #dfeb92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.767,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87184,
    "c": 0.15532,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE261

secondary

#4E3CAB

accent

#15D133

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE261

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

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