#CDE656#CDE656

#CDE656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.169 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE656
RGB	rgb(205, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.12, -27.42, 65.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.12, 70.68, 112.83°)
OKLab	oklab(87.95% -0.0803 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(87.95% 0.169 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1543, 70.2451, 19.4554)
Luminance	0.7025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE656 #6F56E6

analogous

#E6B756 #CDE656 #85E656

triadic

#CDE656 #56CDE6 #E656CD

tetradic

#CDE656 #56E6B7 #6F56E6 #E65685

square

#CDE656 #56E6B7 #6F56E6 #E65685

split-complementary

#CDE656 #5685E6 #B756E6

monochromatic

#90A919 #BDDE21 #CDE656 #DDEE8B #EDF6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#CDE656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.05

#CDE656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE656

15.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE656	1.00	1.40	15.05	15.05
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.169 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfed8c',
    500: '#cde656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde656;
$custom-light: #dfed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.417,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87951,
    "c": 0.16889,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE656

secondary

#4A36AA

accent

#0FD632

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE656

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

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