#CDEA59#CDEA59

#CDEA59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.171 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDEA59
RGB	rgb(205, 234, 89)
HSL	hsl(72, 78%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 62%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.23, -29.10, 65.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.23, 71.32, 114.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.85% -0.0847 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(88.85% 0.171 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.4037, 72.5463, 20.4807)
Luminance	0.7255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDEA59 #7659EA

analogous

#EABE59 #CDEA59 #84EA59

triadic

#CDEA59 #59CDEA #EA59CD

tetradic

#CDEA59 #59EABE #7659EA #EA5984

square

#CDEA59 #59EABE #7659EA #EA5984

split-complementary

#CDEA59 #5984EA #BE59EA

monochromatic

#93B217 #BDE323 #CDEA59 #DDF18F #EEF8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#CDEA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.51

#CDEA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDEA59

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDEA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDEA59	1.00	1.35	15.51	15.51
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8DECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdea59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 234, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.171 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff08e',
    500: '#cdea59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdea59;
$custom-light: #dff08e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdea59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 77.54,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88854,
    "c": 0.17131,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDEA59

secondary

#4E35B2

accent

#0CDA35

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDEA59

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

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