#CDE565#CDE565

#CDE565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.155 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE565
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(71, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(71, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -25.83, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 64.07, 113.78°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0744 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.156 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5459, 69.9577, 22.8864)
Luminance	0.6996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE565 #7D65E5

analogous

#E5BD65 #CDE565 #8DE565

triadic

#CDE565 #65CDE5 #E565CD

tetradic

#CDE565 #65E5BD #7D65E5 #E5658D

square

#CDE565 #65E5BD #7D65E5 #E5658D

split-complementary

#CDE565 #658DE5 #BD65E5

monochromatic

#96B21E #BCDC31 #CDE565 #DEEE99 #EFF7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CDE565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#CDE565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE565

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE565	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.155 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed95',
    500: '#cde565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde565;
$custom-light: #dfed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8788,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE565

secondary

#523CB2

accent

#12D337

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE565

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

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