#CDE561#CDE561

#CDE561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.159 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE561
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(71, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.94, -26.15, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.94, 65.76, 113.43°)
OKLab	oklab(87.84% -0.0757 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(87.84% 0.159 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.3546, 69.8812, 21.8793)
Luminance	0.6988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE561 #7961E5

analogous

#E5BB61 #CDE561 #8BE561

triadic

#CDE561 #61CDE5 #E561CD

tetradic

#CDE561 #61E5BB #7961E5 #E5618B

square

#CDE561 #61E5BB #7961E5 #E5618B

split-complementary

#CDE561 #618BE5 #BB61E5

monochromatic

#94AF1D #BCDC2C #CDE561 #DEEE96 #EEF6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CDE561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.98

#CDE561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE561

14.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE561	1.00	1.40	14.98	14.98
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.159 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed92',
    500: '#cde561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde561;
$custom-light: #dfed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87838,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE561

secondary

#503AB0

accent

#12D435

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE561

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

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