#CDE94E#CDE94E

#CDE94E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.178 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE94E
RGB	rgb(205, 233, 78)
HSL	hsl(71, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(71, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -29.34, 69.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 75.04, 113.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.54% -0.0864 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(88.54% 0.178 119)
XYZ	xyz(55.6919, 71.8074, 18.1326)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE94E #6A4EE9

analogous

#E9B74E #CDE94E #7FE94E

triadic

#CDE94E #4ECDE9 #E94ECD

tetradic

#CDE94E #4EE9B7 #6A4EE9 #E94E7F

square

#CDE94E #4EE9B7 #6A4EE9 #E94E7F

split-complementary

#CDE94E #4E7FE9 #B74EE9

monochromatic

#8DA815 #BBDE1C #CDE94E #DCF084 #ECF7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#CDE94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#CDE94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE94E

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE94E	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 233, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.178 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0f088',
    500: '#cde94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde94e;
$custom-light: #e0f088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.839,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88542,
    "c": 0.17809,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.71807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE94E

secondary

#4732A9

accent

#0BDA31

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE94E

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

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