#CDE451#CDE451

#CDE451 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.170 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE451
RGB	rgb(205, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(69, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -26.80, 66.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 71.72, 111.95°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0791 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.17 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4065, 69.0606, 18.2469)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE451 #6851E4

analogous

#E4B251 #CDE451 #83E451

triadic

#CDE451 #51CDE4 #E451CD

tetradic

#CDE451 #51E4B2 #6851E4 #E45183

square

#CDE451 #51E4B2 #6851E4 #E45183

split-complementary

#CDE451 #5183E4 #B251E4

monochromatic

#8CA219 #BAD721 #CDE451 #DCEC86 #EBF4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CDE451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#CDE451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE451

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE451	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.170 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfec89',
    500: '#cde451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde451;
$custom-light: #dfec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.388,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8747,
    "c": 0.17026,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE451

secondary

#4635A4

accent

#10D52F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE451

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

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