#CDE85D#CDE85D

#CDE85D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.166 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE85D
RGB	rgb(205, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(72, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.72, -27.87, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.72, 68.80, 113.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0809 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.166 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0101, 71.4830, 21.2007)
Luminance	0.7148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE85D #785DE8

analogous

#E8BD5D #CDE85D #87E85D

triadic

#CDE85D #5DCDE8 #E85DCD

tetradic

#CDE85D #5DE8BD #785DE8 #E85D87

square

#CDE85D #5DE8BD #785DE8 #E85D87

split-complementary

#CDE85D #5D87E8 #BD5DE8

monochromatic

#94B119 #BCE027 #CDE85D #DEF093 #EEF7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CDE85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#CDE85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE85D

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE85D	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.166 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfef90',
    500: '#cde85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde85d;
$custom-light: #dfef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.655,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88453,
    "c": 0.16581,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE85D

secondary

#4F37B2

accent

#0ED735

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE85D

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

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