#CDEC79#CDEC79

#CDEC79 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.744; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.146 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDEC79
RGB	rgb(205, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(76, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(76, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.1%, 0%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.09, -27.35, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.09, 58.75, 117.75°)
OKLab	oklab(89.64% -0.0769 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(89.64% 0.146 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6237, 74.3505, 29.3481)
Luminance	0.7435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.95

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDEC79 #9879EC

analogous

#ECD279 #CDEC79 #93EC79

triadic

#CDEC79 #79CDEC #EC79CD

tetradic

#CDEC79 #79ECD2 #9879EC #EC7993

square

#CDEC79 #79ECD2 #9879EC #EC7993

split-complementary

#CDEC79 #7993EC #D279EC

monochromatic

#9ECD1D #B9E443 #CDEC79 #E1F4AF #F5FBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#CDEC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.87

#CDEC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDEC79

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDEC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDEC79	1.00	1.32	15.87	15.87
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E06F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5E2D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.146 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#def2a2',
    500: '#cdec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdec79;
$custom-light: #def2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.174,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89643,
    "c": 0.14584,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDEC79

secondary

#6744C5

accent

#0ED744

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF5

border

#D5D6CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848580

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDEC79

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

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