#CDE956#CDE956

#CDE956 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.172 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE956
RGB	rgb(205, 233, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 63.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -28.84, 66.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 72.03, 113.60°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0843 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.172 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9964, 71.9292, 19.7361)
Luminance	0.7193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE956 #7256E9

analogous

#E9BC56 #CDE956 #83E956

triadic

#CDE956 #56CDE9 #E956CD

tetradic

#CDE956 #56E9BC #7256E9 #E95683

square

#CDE956 #56E9BC #7256E9 #E95683

split-complementary

#CDE956 #5683E9 #BC56E9

monochromatic

#91AE17 #BDE220 #CDE956 #DDF08C #EDF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#CDE956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#CDE956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE956

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE956	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 233, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.172 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff08c',
    500: '#cde956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde956;
$custom-light: #dff08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.429,
    "s": 76.963,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88608,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE956

secondary

#4C34AF

accent

#0CD933

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE956

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

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