#CDE85E#CDE85E

#CDE85E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.165 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE85E
RGB	rgb(205, 232, 94)
HSL	hsl(72, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.73, -27.80, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.73, 68.40, 113.98°)
OKLab	oklab(88.46% -0.0806 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(88.46% 0.165 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.0546, 71.5008, 21.4355)
Luminance	0.7150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE85E #795EE8

analogous

#E8BE5E #CDE85E #88E85E

triadic

#CDE85E #5ECDE8 #E85ECD

tetradic

#CDE85E #5EE8BE #795EE8 #E85E88

square

#CDE85E #5EE8BE #795EE8 #E85E88

split-complementary

#CDE85E #5E88E8 #BE5EE8

monochromatic

#94B219 #BCE028 #CDE85E #DEF094 #EEF7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CDE85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#CDE85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE85E

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE85E	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)

#F6DC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 232, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.165 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfef91',
    500: '#cde85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde85e;
$custom-light: #dfef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.739,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88463,
    "c": 0.16501,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE85E

secondary

#5038B3

accent

#0ED736

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#15160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE85E

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

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