#CDE985#CDE985

#CDE985 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.130 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE985
RGB	rgb(205, 233, 133)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(77, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 42.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.42, -24.67, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.42, 51.72, 118.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0685 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.13 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(58.5494, 72.9504, 33.1821)
Luminance	0.7295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE985 #A185E9

analogous

#E9D385 #CDE985 #9BE985

triadic

#CDE985 #85CDE9 #E985CD

tetradic

#CDE985 #85E9D3 #A185E9 #E9859B

square

#CDE985 #85E9D3 #A185E9 #E9859B

split-complementary

#CDE985 #859BE9 #D385E9

monochromatic

#9FCE25 #B8E051 #CDE985 #E2F2B9 #F4FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#CDE985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.59

#CDE985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE985

15.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE985	1.00	1.35	15.59	15.59
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DE7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 233, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.130 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf0aa',
    500: '#cde985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde985;
$custom-light: #ddf0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89159,
    "c": 0.12967,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.7295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE985

secondary

#7050C2

accent

#14D149

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#151610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE985

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

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