#CDE851#CDE851

#CDE851 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.175 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE851
RGB	rgb(205, 232, 81)
HSL	hsl(71, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -28.69, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 73.49, 112.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0843 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.175 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5197, 71.2868, 18.6179)
Luminance	0.7129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE851 #6C51E8

analogous

#E8B751 #CDE851 #82E851

triadic

#CDE851 #51CDE8 #E851CD

tetradic

#CDE851 #51E8B7 #6C51E8 #E85182

square

#CDE851 #51E8B7 #6C51E8 #E85182

split-complementary

#CDE851 #5182E8 #B751E8

monochromatic

#8EA816 #BCDE1D #CDE851 #DDEF87 #ECF6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#CDE851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#CDE851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE851

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE851	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 232, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.175 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfef89',
    500: '#cde851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde851;
$custom-light: #dfef89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.728,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88346,
    "c": 0.17486,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE851

secondary

#4833AA

accent

#0DD931

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE851

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

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