#CDEC59#CDEC59

#CDEC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.174 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDEC59
RGB	rgb(205, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.78, -30.03, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.78, 72.24, 114.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.29% -0.0873 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(89.29% 0.174 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.9763, 73.6915, 20.6716)
Luminance	0.7369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDEC59 #7859EC

analogous

#ECC159 #CDEC59 #83EC59

triadic

#CDEC59 #59CDEC #EC59CD

tetradic

#CDEC59 #59ECC1 #7859EC #EC5983

square

#CDEC59 #59ECC1 #7859EC #EC5983

split-complementary

#CDEC59 #5983EC #C159EC

monochromatic

#94B615 #BCE622 #CDEC59 #DEF290 #EEF9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#CDEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#CDEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDEC59

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDEC59	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8E0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.174 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff28e',
    500: '#cdec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdec59;
$custom-light: #dff28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.653,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89293,
    "c": 0.17369,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDEC59

secondary

#4F34B5

accent

#0ADC36

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDEC59

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

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