#CDE555#CDE555

#CDE555 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.168 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE555
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 85)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 62.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -27.02, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 70.62, 112.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.72% -0.0793 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(87.72% 0.168 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.8368, 69.6741, 19.1522)
Luminance	0.6967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE555 #6D55E5

analogous

#E5B555 #CDE555 #85E555

triadic

#CDE555 #55CDE5 #E555CD

tetradic

#CDE555 #55E5B5 #6D55E5 #E55585

square

#CDE555 #55E5B5 #6D55E5 #E55585

split-complementary

#CDE555 #5585E5 #B555E5

monochromatic

#8FA619 #BCDB22 #CDE555 #DDED8A #ECF5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CDE555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.93

#CDE555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE555

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE555	1.00	1.41	14.93	14.93
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.168 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed8b',
    500: '#cde555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde555;
$custom-light: #dfed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 73.469,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87723,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE555

secondary

#4936A8

accent

#10D631

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE555

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

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