#CDE85B#CDE85B

#CDE85B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.167 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE85B
RGB	rgb(205, 232, 91)
HSL	hsl(71, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -28.02, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 69.61, 113.74°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.0815 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.167 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.9226, 71.4480, 20.7403)
Luminance	0.7145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE85B #765BE8

analogous

#E8BC5B #CDE85B #86E85B

triadic

#CDE85B #5BCDE8 #E85BCD

tetradic

#CDE85B #5BE8BC #765BE8 #E85B86

square

#CDE85B #5BE8BC #765BE8 #E85B86

split-complementary

#CDE85B #5B86E8 #BC5BE8

monochromatic

#93B019 #BDE025 #CDE85B #DDF091 #EEF7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CDE85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#CDE85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE85B

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE85B	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 232, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.167 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfef8f',
    500: '#cde85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde85b;
$custom-light: #dfef8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.489,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88434,
    "c": 0.1674,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE85B

secondary

#4E37B1

accent

#0ED835

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE85B

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

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