#CDE342#CDE342

#CDE342 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.179 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE342
RGB	rgb(205, 227, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 70.9%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -27.18, 71.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 76.66, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0815 0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.179 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.6306, 68.3113, 15.5134)
Luminance	0.6831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE342 #5842E3

analogous

#E3A942 #CDE342 #7CE342

triadic

#CDE342 #42CDE3 #E342CD

tetradic

#CDE342 #42E3A9 #5842E3 #E3427C

square

#CDE342 #42E3A9 #5842E3 #E3427C

split-complementary

#CDE342 #427CE3 #A942E3

monochromatic

#839516 #B2CA1E #CDE342 #DBEB77 #E9F3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CDE342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#CDE342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE342

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE342	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD6C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 227, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.179 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0eb81',
    500: '#cde342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde342;
$custom-light: #e0eb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.199,
    "s": 74.194,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87139,
    "c": 0.179,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE342

secondary

#3F3099

accent

#37F150

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFDF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE342

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

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