#CDEA42#CDEA42

#CDEA42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.722; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.187 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDEA42
RGB	rgb(205, 234, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.07, -30.47, 73.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.07, 79.60, 112.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.68% -0.0906 0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(88.68% 0.187 119)
XYZ	xyz(55.5842, 72.2185, 16.1646)
Luminance	0.7222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDEA42 #5F42EA

analogous

#EAB342 #CDEA42 #79EA42

triadic

#CDEA42 #42CDEA #EA42CD

tetradic

#CDEA42 #42EAB3 #5F42EA #EA4279

square

#CDEA42 #42EAB3 #5F42EA #EA4279

split-complementary

#CDEA42 #4279EA #B342EA

monochromatic

#87A012 #B6D718 #CDEA42 #DCF079 #EAF6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#CDEA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.44

#CDEA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDEA42

15.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDEA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDEA42	1.00	1.36	15.44	15.44
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdea42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 234, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.187 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0f081',
    500: '#cdea42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdea42;
$custom-light: #e0f081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdea42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.357,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88677,
    "c": 0.18673,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.72218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDEA42

secondary

#422EA2

accent

#31F653

background

#FEFFFB

surface

#FCFEF2

border

#D5D6CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDEA42

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

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