#CDEC56#CDEC56

#CDEC56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.176 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDEC56
RGB	rgb(205, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -30.24, 66.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 73.40, 114.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0882 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.176 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8529, 73.6421, 20.0216)
Luminance	0.7364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDEC56 #7556EC

analogous

#ECC056 #CDEC56 #82EC56

triadic

#CDEC56 #56CDEC #EC56CD

tetradic

#CDEC56 #56ECC0 #7556EC #EC5682

square

#CDEC56 #56ECC0 #7556EC #EC5682

split-complementary

#CDEC56 #5682EC #C056EC

monochromatic

#93B314 #BDE61F #CDEC56 #DDF28D #EEF8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#CDEC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#CDEC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDEC56

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDEC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDEC56	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8E0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.176 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff28c',
    500: '#cdec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdec56;
$custom-light: #dff28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89266,
    "c": 0.17592,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDEC56

secondary

#4D33B3

accent

#09DC35

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDEC56

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

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