#CDE959#CDE959

#CDE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.170 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE959
RGB	rgb(205, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -28.63, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 70.86, 113.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.64% -0.0834 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(88.64% 0.17 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1198, 71.9785, 20.3861)
Luminance	0.7198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE959 #7559E9

analogous

#E9BD59 #CDE959 #85E959

triadic

#CDE959 #59CDE9 #E959CD

tetradic

#CDE959 #59E9BD #7559E9 #E95985

square

#CDE959 #59E9BD #7559E9 #E95985

split-complementary

#CDE959 #5985E9 #BD59E9

monochromatic

#93B017 #BDE223 #CDE959 #DDF08F #EEF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#CDE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.40

#CDE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE959

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE959	1.00	1.36	15.40	15.40
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DD63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.170 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff08e',
    500: '#cde959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde959;
$custom-light: #dff08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88635,
    "c": 0.17013,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.71978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE959

secondary

#4D35B1

accent

#0DD934

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE959

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

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