#CDE899#CDE899

#CDE899 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.106 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE899
RGB	rgb(205, 232, 153)
HSL	hsl(81, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(81, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.44, -21.79, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.44, 41.71, 121.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0592 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.106 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.7827, 72.9921, 41.0702)
Luminance	0.7299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE899 #B499E8

analogous

#E8DB99 #CDE899 #A5E899

triadic

#CDE899 #99CDE8 #E899CD

tetradic

#CDE899 #99E8DB #B499E8 #E899A5

square

#CDE899 #99E8DB #B499E8 #E899A5

split-complementary

#CDE899 #99A5E8 #DB99E8

monochromatic

#9CD135 #B5DD67 #CDE899 #E5F3CB #F3F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#CDE899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#CDE899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE899

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE899	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDE9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 232, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.106 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddefb8',
    500: '#cde899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde899;
$custom-light: #ddefb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.506,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89269,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE899

secondary

#8363C3

accent

#1BCB57

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF8

border

#D5D6D1

text

#151611

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE899

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

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