#CDE357#CDE357

#CDE357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.165 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE357
RGB	rgb(205, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -25.93, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 68.93, 112.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.3% -0.0761 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(87.3% 0.165 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.3672, 68.6060, 19.3932)
Luminance	0.6861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE357 #6D57E3

analogous

#E3B357 #CDE357 #87E357

triadic

#CDE357 #57CDE3 #E357CD

tetradic

#CDE357 #57E3B3 #6D57E3 #E35787

square

#CDE357 #57E3B3 #6D57E3 #E35787

split-complementary

#CDE357 #5787E3 #B357E3

monochromatic

#8FA41B #BCD924 #CDE357 #DDEC8B #ECF4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CDE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#CDE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE357

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE357	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.165 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfeb8c',
    500: '#cde357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde357;
$custom-light: #dfeb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87304,
    "c": 0.16463,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE357

secondary

#4938A7

accent

#12D330

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE357

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

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