#CDE456#CDE456

#CDE456 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 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE456
RGB	rgb(205, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -26.48, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 69.78, 112.30°)
OKLab	oklab(87.51% -0.0777 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(87.51% 0.167 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6010, 69.1383, 19.2709)
Luminance	0.6914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE456 #6D56E4

analogous

#E4B456 #CDE456 #86E456

triadic

#CDE456 #56CDE4 #E456CD

tetradic

#CDE456 #56E4B4 #6D56E4 #E45686

square

#CDE456 #56E4B4 #6D56E4 #E45686

split-complementary

#CDE456 #5686E4 #B456E4

monochromatic

#8FA51A #BCDA23 #CDE456 #DDEC8B #ECF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CDE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#CDE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE456

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE456	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9D8C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.167 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfec8c',
    500: '#cde456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde456;
$custom-light: #dfec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.718,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87514,
    "c": 0.16656,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE456

secondary

#4937A7

accent

#11D531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE456

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

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