#CDE457#CDE457

#CDE457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.166 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE457
RGB	rgb(205, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -26.41, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 69.38, 112.37°)
OKLab	oklab(87.52% -0.0774 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(87.52% 0.166 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6415, 69.1546, 19.4846)
Luminance	0.6915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE457 #6E57E4

analogous

#E4B557 #CDE457 #87E457

triadic

#CDE457 #57CDE4 #E457CD

tetradic

#CDE457 #57E4B5 #6E57E4 #E45787

square

#CDE457 #57E4B5 #6E57E4 #E45787

split-complementary

#CDE457 #5787E4 #B557E4

monochromatic

#8FA61B #BDDB23 #CDE457 #DDEC8C #ECF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CDE457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#CDE457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE457

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE457	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)

#F2D846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.166 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfec8c',
    500: '#cde457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde457;
$custom-light: #dfec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.787,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87523,
    "c": 0.1658,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE457

secondary

#4A37A8

accent

#11D431

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE457

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

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