#CDE596#CDE596

#CDE596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.712; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.105 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE596
RGB	rgb(205, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(78, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(78, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.59, -20.72, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.59, 41.50, 119.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.57% -0.0563 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(88.57% 0.105 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(58.7008, 71.2197, 39.5025)
Luminance	0.7122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE596 #AE96E5

analogous

#E5D696 #CDE596 #A6E596

triadic

#CDE596 #96CDE5 #E596CD

tetradic

#CDE596 #96E5D6 #AE96E5 #E596A6

square

#CDE596 #96E5D6 #AE96E5 #E596A6

split-complementary

#CDE596 #96A6E5 #D696E5

monochromatic

#9ECD34 #B6D965 #CDE596 #E4F1C7 #F3F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CDE596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.24

#CDE596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE596

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE596	1.00	1.38	15.24	15.24
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEDC90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBDC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.105 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddedb5',
    500: '#cde596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde596;
$custom-light: #ddedb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.228,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88573,
    "c": 0.1054,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.7122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE596

secondary

#7D61BF

accent

#1EC851

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE596

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

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