#CDE559#CDE559

#CDE559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.165 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE559
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.87, -26.74, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.87, 69.04, 112.79°)
OKLab	oklab(87.76% -0.0781 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(87.76% 0.165 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0003, 69.7395, 20.0129)
Luminance	0.6974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE559 #7159E5

analogous

#E5B759 #CDE559 #87E559

triadic

#CDE559 #59CDE5 #E559CD

tetradic

#CDE559 #59E5B7 #7159E5 #E55987

square

#CDE559 #59E5B7 #7159E5 #E55987

split-complementary

#CDE559 #5987E5 #B759E5

monochromatic

#91A91A #BDDD24 #CDE559 #DDED8E #EDF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CDE559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#CDE559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE559

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE559	1.00	1.40	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.165 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed8e',
    500: '#cde559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde559;
$custom-light: #dfed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.286,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87759,
    "c": 0.16542,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE559

secondary

#4B37AB

accent

#10D532

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE559

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

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