#CDE455#CDE455

#CDE455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.167 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE455
RGB	rgb(205, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -26.54, 64.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 70.17, 112.23°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.078 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.167 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5610, 69.1223, 19.0602)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE455 #6C55E4

analogous

#E4B455 #CDE455 #86E455

triadic

#CDE455 #55CDE4 #E455CD

tetradic

#CDE455 #55E4B4 #6C55E4 #E45586

square

#CDE455 #55E4B4 #6C55E4 #E45586

split-complementary

#CDE455 #5586E4 #B455E4

monochromatic

#8EA41A #BCD923 #CDE455 #DDEC8A #ECF5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CDE455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#CDE455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE455

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE455	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.167 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfec8b',
    500: '#cde455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde455;
$custom-light: #dfec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.65,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87505,
    "c": 0.16732,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE455

secondary

#4836A7

accent

#11D530

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE455

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

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