#CDE55C#CDE55C

#CDE55C is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.163 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE55C
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 92)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 59.8%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.89, -26.53, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.89, 67.83, 113.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.79% -0.0772 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(87.79% 0.163 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1288, 69.7909, 20.6899)
Luminance	0.6979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE55C #745CE5

analogous

#E5B85C #CDE55C #88E55C

triadic

#CDE55C #5CCDE5 #E55CCD

tetradic

#CDE55C #5CE5B8 #745CE5 #E55C88

square

#CDE55C #5CE5B8 #745CE5 #E55C88

split-complementary

#CDE55C #5C88E5 #B85CE5

monochromatic

#92AB1B #BDDD27 #CDE55C #DDED91 #EDF6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CDE55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#CDE55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE55C

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE55C	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D9C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.163 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed8f',
    500: '#cde55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde55c;
$custom-light: #dfed8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.511,
    "s": 72.487,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87788,
    "c": 0.16304,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE55C

secondary

#4D38AD

accent

#11D533

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE55C

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

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