#CDE44C#CDE44C

#CDE44C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.174 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE44C
RGB	rgb(205, 228, 76)
HSL	hsl(69, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 66.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -27.11, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 73.58, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.43% -0.0804 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(87.43% 0.174 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.2259, 68.9883, 17.2955)
Luminance	0.6899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE44C #634CE4

analogous

#E4AF4C #CDE44C #81E44C

triadic

#CDE44C #4CCDE4 #E44CCD

tetradic

#CDE44C #4CE4AF #634CE4 #E44C81

square

#CDE44C #4CE4AF #634CE4 #E44C81

split-complementary

#CDE44C #4C81E4 #AF4CE4

monochromatic

#8A9E18 #B8D320 #CDE44C #DCEC81 #EBF4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CDE44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#CDE44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE44C

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE44C	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 228, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.174 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ec86',
    500: '#cde44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde44c;
$custom-light: #e0ec86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.079,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8743,
    "c": 0.17375,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE44C

secondary

#4433A1

accent

#37F053

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE44C

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

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