#CDE55A#CDE55A

#CDE55A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; 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	#CDE55A
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(70, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(70, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.88, -26.67, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.88, 68.64, 112.87°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0778 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.165 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0425, 69.7564, 20.2355)
Luminance	0.6976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE55A #725AE5

analogous

#E5B85A #CDE55A #87E55A

triadic

#CDE55A #5ACDE5 #E55ACD

tetradic

#CDE55A #5AE5B8 #725AE5 #E55A87

square

#CDE55A #5AE5B8 #725AE5 #E55A87

split-complementary

#CDE55A #5A87E5 #B85AE5

monochromatic

#91AA1B #BDDD25 #CDE55A #DDED8F #EDF6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CDE55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#CDE55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE55A

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE55A	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)

#F3D949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.165 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed8e',
    500: '#cde55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde55a;
$custom-light: #dfed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.36,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87769,
    "c": 0.16463,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE55A

secondary

#4C38AB

accent

#11D533

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE55A

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

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