#CDE359#CDE359

#CDE359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.163 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE359
RGB	rgb(205, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -25.79, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 68.13, 112.25°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.0755 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.163 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4501, 68.6391, 19.8295)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE359 #6F59E3

analogous

#E3B459 #CDE359 #88E359

triadic

#CDE359 #59CDE3 #E359CD

tetradic

#CDE359 #59E3B4 #6F59E3 #E35988

square

#CDE359 #59E3B4 #6F59E3 #E35988

split-complementary

#CDE359 #5988E3 #B459E3

monochromatic

#90A61C #BDDA25 #CDE359 #DDEC8D #EDF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#CDE359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#CDE359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE359

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE359	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.163 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfeb8d',
    500: '#cde359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde359;
$custom-light: #dfeb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.565,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87323,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE359

secondary

#4A38A8

accent

#12D331

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE359

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

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