#CDE978#CDE978

#CDE978 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.726; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.143 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE978
RGB	rgb(205, 233, 120)
HSL	hsl(75, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(75, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 48.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.26, -26.03, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.26, 57.67, 116.83°)
OKLab	oklab(88.98% -0.0733 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(88.98% 0.143 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.7062, 72.6131, 28.7413)
Luminance	0.7261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE978 #9478E9

analogous

#E9CD78 #CDE978 #95E978

triadic

#CDE978 #78CDE9 #E978CD

tetradic

#CDE978 #78E9CD #9478E9 #E97895

square

#CDE978 #78E9CD #9478E9 #E97895

split-complementary

#CDE978 #7895E9 #CD78E9

monochromatic

#9DC620 #BAE043 #CDE978 #E0F2AD #F4FAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#CDE978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.52

#CDE978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE978

15.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE978	1.00	1.35	15.52	15.52
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DE6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DE7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 233, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.143 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#def0a1',
    500: '#cde978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde978;
$custom-light: #def0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.867,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88978,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.72613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE978

secondary

#6344C1

accent

#11D442

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE978

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

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