#CDE79D#CDE79D

#CDE79D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.100 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE79D
RGB	rgb(205, 231, 157)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(81, 32%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 0%, 32%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.24, -20.78, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.24, 39.23, 121.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.13% -0.0563 0.083)
OKLCH	oklch(89.13% 0.1 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(59.8380, 72.5651, 42.7458)
Luminance	0.7257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE79D #B79DE7

analogous

#E7DC9D #CDE79D #A8E79D

triadic

#CDE79D #9DCDE7 #E79DCD

tetradic

#CDE79D #9DE7DC #B79DE7 #E79DA8

square

#CDE79D #9DE7DC #B79DE7 #E79DA8

split-complementary

#CDE79D #9DA8E7 #DC9DE7

monochromatic

#9BCF3B #B4DB6C #CDE79D #E6F3CE #F2F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#CDE79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#CDE79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE79D

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE79D	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDE98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2E0D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 231, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.100 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddeeba',
    500: '#cde79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde79d;
$custom-light: #ddeeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.081,
    "s": 60.656,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89127,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE79D

secondary

#8767C1

accent

#1DC859

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#151612

muted

#848582

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE79D

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

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