#CDE557#CDE557

#CDE557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.167 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE557
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -26.88, 64.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 69.83, 112.64°)
OKLab	oklab(87.74% -0.0787 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.74% 0.167 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9174, 69.7063, 19.5766)
Luminance	0.6971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE557 #6F57E5

analogous

#E5B657 #CDE557 #86E557

triadic

#CDE557 #57CDE5 #E557CD

tetradic

#CDE557 #57E5B6 #6F57E5 #E55786

square

#CDE557 #57E5B6 #6F57E5 #E55786

split-complementary

#CDE557 #5786E5 #B657E5

monochromatic

#90A81A #BDDD22 #CDE557 #DDED8C #EDF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#CDE557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#CDE557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE557

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE557	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)

#F3D945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.167 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed8c',
    500: '#cde557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde557;
$custom-light: #dfed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.141,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87741,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE557

secondary

#4A37AA

accent

#10D532

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE557

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

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