#CDE281#CDE281

#CDE281 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.124 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE281
RGB	rgb(205, 226, 129)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(73, 43%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 0%, 42.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -21.73, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 49.95, 115.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.59% -0.0604 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(87.59% 0.124 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3359, 68.9571, 31.1068)
Luminance	0.6896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE281 #9681E2

analogous

#E2C781 #CDE281 #9CE281

triadic

#CDE281 #81CDE2 #E281CD

tetradic

#CDE281 #81E2C7 #9681E2 #E2819C

square

#CDE281 #81E2C7 #9681E2 #E2819C

split-complementary

#CDE281 #819CE2 #C781E2

monochromatic

#9EBD2C #B9D74F #CDE281 #E1EDB3 #F4F9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CDE281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#CDE281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE281

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE281	1.00	1.42	14.79	14.79
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 226, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.124 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeba7',
    500: '#cde281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde281;
$custom-light: #ddeba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.99,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87588,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE281

secondary

#654EBA

accent

#1BCA41

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE281

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

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