#CDE856#CDE856

#CDE856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.171 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE856
RGB	rgb(205, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.66, -28.37, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.66, 71.58, 113.35°)
OKLab	oklab(88.39% -0.083 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(88.39% 0.171 119)
XYZ	xyz(55.7141, 71.3646, 19.6420)
Luminance	0.7136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE856 #7156E8

analogous

#E8BA56 #CDE856 #84E856

triadic

#CDE856 #56CDE8 #E856CD

tetradic

#CDE856 #56E8BA #7156E8 #E85684

square

#CDE856 #56E8BA #7156E8 #E85684

split-complementary

#CDE856 #5684E8 #BA56E8

monochromatic

#91AC17 #BDE120 #CDE856 #DDEF8C #EDF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CDE856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#CDE856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE856

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE856	1.00	1.37	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.171 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfef8c',
    500: '#cde856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde856;
$custom-light: #dfef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.096,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88389,
    "c": 0.17123,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.71364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE856

secondary

#4B35AD

accent

#0DD833

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE856

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

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