#CDE459#CDE459

#CDE459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.164 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE459
RGB	rgb(205, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.60, -26.27, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.60, 68.58, 112.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.54% -0.0768 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(87.54% 0.164 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7244, 69.1877, 19.9209)
Luminance	0.6919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE459 #7059E4

analogous

#E4B659 #CDE459 #88E459

triadic

#CDE459 #59CDE4 #E459CD

tetradic

#CDE459 #59E4B6 #7059E4 #E45988

square

#CDE459 #59E4B6 #7059E4 #E45988

split-complementary

#CDE459 #5988E4 #B659E4

monochromatic

#90A71B #BDDB24 #CDE459 #DDED8E #EDF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#CDE459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#CDE459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE459

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE459	1.00	1.42	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.164 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfec8d',
    500: '#cde459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde459;
$custom-light: #dfec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.928,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87541,
    "c": 0.16424,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE459

secondary

#4B38A9

accent

#11D432

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE459

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

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