#CDE55E#CDE55E

#CDE55E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.161 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE55E
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 94)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 59%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -26.38, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 67.01, 113.18°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0766 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.161 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.2174, 69.8263, 21.1565)
Luminance	0.6983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE55E #765EE5

analogous

#E5BA5E #CDE55E #89E55E

triadic

#CDE55E #5ECDE5 #E55ECD

tetradic

#CDE55E #5EE5BA #765EE5 #E55E89

square

#CDE55E #5EE5BA #765EE5 #E55E89

split-complementary

#CDE55E #5E89E5 #BA5EE5

monochromatic

#93AD1C #BDDC29 #CDE55E #DDEE93 #EEF6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CDE55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.97

#CDE55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE55E

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE55E	1.00	1.40	14.97	14.97
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.161 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed91',
    500: '#cde55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde55e;
$custom-light: #dfed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.667,
    "s": 72.193,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87807,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE55E

secondary

#4E39AE

accent

#11D434

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE55E

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

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