#CDE799#CDE799

#CDE799 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.105 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE799
RGB	rgb(205, 231, 153)
HSL	hsl(80, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(80, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 33.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.18, -21.30, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.18, 41.16, 121.17°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0579 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.105 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(59.5021, 72.4307, 40.9766)
Luminance	0.7243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE799 #B399E7

analogous

#E7DA99 #CDE799 #A6E799

triadic

#CDE799 #99CDE7 #E799CD

tetradic

#CDE799 #99E7DA #B399E7 #E799A6

square

#CDE799 #99E7DA #B399E7 #E799A6

split-complementary

#CDE799 #99A6E7 #DA99E7

monochromatic

#9CD036 #B5DB67 #CDE799 #E5F3CB #F3F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#CDE799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.49

#CDE799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE799

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE799	1.00	1.36	15.49	15.49
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DE94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 231, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.105 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeeb7',
    500: '#cde799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde799;
$custom-light: #ddeeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 75.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89055,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE799

secondary

#8263C1

accent

#1CCA56

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#151611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE799

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

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