#CDE55D#CDE55D

#CDE55D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.162 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE55D
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -26.45, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 67.42, 113.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0769 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.162 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1728, 69.8085, 20.9217)
Luminance	0.6981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE55D #755DE5

analogous

#E5B95D #CDE55D #89E55D

triadic

#CDE55D #5DCDE5 #E55DCD

tetradic

#CDE55D #5DE5B9 #755DE5 #E55D89

square

#CDE55D #5DE5B9 #755DE5 #E55D89

split-complementary

#CDE55D #5D89E5 #B95DE5

monochromatic

#93AC1C #BDDD28 #CDE55D #DDED92 #EEF6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CDE55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#CDE55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE55D

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE55D	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)

#F3D94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.162 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed90',
    500: '#cde55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde55d;
$custom-light: #dfed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87798,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE55D

secondary

#4D39AD

accent

#11D434

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE55D

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

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