#CDE987#CDE987

#CDE987 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.128 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDE987
RGB	rgb(205, 233, 135)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(77, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 42.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.45, -24.45, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.45, 50.78, 118.78°)
OKLab	oklab(89.19% -0.0677 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(89.19% 0.128 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.6889, 73.0062, 33.9167)
Luminance	0.7301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CDE987 #A387E9

analogous

#E9D487 #CDE987 #9CE987

triadic

#CDE987 #87CDE9 #E987CD

tetradic

#CDE987 #87E9D4 #A387E9 #E9879C

square

#CDE987 #87E9D4 #A387E9 #E9879C

split-complementary

#CDE987 #879CE9 #D487E9

monochromatic

#9FD026 #B7E053 #CDE987 #E3F2BB #F4FAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#CDE987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.60

#CDE987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDE987

15.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDE987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDE987	1.00	1.35	15.60	15.60
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DF7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cde987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 233, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.128 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddf0ab',
    500: '#cde987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cde987;
$custom-light: #ddf0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cde987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89189,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDE987

secondary

#7252C3

accent

#15D14A

background

#FEFFFD

surface

#FCFEF7

border

#D5D6D0

text

#151610

muted

#848581

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDE987

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

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