#CDE556#CDE556

#CDE556 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 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE556
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -26.95, 64.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 70.23, 112.57°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.079 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.168 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.8769, 69.6901, 19.3629)
Luminance	0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE556 #6E56E5

analogous

#E5B656 #CDE556 #86E556

triadic

#CDE556 #56CDE5 #E556CD

tetradic

#CDE556 #56E5B6 #6E56E5 #E55686

square

#CDE556 #56E5B6 #6E56E5 #E55686

split-complementary

#CDE556 #5686E5 #B656E5

monochromatic

#8FA71A #BDDC22 #CDE556 #DDED8B #ECF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CDE556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#CDE556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE556

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE556	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.168 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed8c',
    500: '#cde556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde556;
$custom-light: #dfed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.07,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87732,
    "c": 0.16773,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE556

secondary

#4A36A9

accent

#10D531

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE556

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

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