#CDE449#CDE449

#CDE449 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.176 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE449
RGB	rgb(205, 228, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 68%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.48, -27.28, 69.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.48, 74.67, 111.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.0812 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.176 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1240, 68.9476, 16.7590)
Luminance	0.6895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE449 #6049E4

analogous

#E4AE49 #CDE449 #80E449

triadic

#CDE449 #49CDE4 #E449CD

tetradic

#CDE449 #49E4AE #6049E4 #E44980

square

#CDE449 #49E4AE #6049E4 #E44980

split-complementary

#CDE449 #4980E4 #AE49E4

monochromatic

#889C17 #B6D11F #CDE449 #DCEC7E #EAF4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CDE449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.79

#CDE449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE449

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE449	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)

#F3D831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 228, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.176 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ec84',
    500: '#cde449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde449;
$custom-light: #e0ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.903,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87407,
    "c": 0.17575,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE449

secondary

#42329F

accent

#37F153

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF3

border

#D5D5CD

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE449

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

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