#CDED55#CDED55

#CDED55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.178 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDED55
RGB	rgb(205, 237, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -30.77, 67.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 74.23, 114.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.48% -0.0897 0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(89.48% 0.178 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.1016, 74.2036, 19.9071)
Luminance	0.7420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDED55 #7555ED

analogous

#EDC155 #CDED55 #81ED55

triadic

#CDED55 #55CDED #ED55CD

tetradic

#CDED55 #55EDC1 #7555ED #ED5581

square

#CDED55 #55EDC1 #7555ED #ED5581

split-complementary

#CDED55 #5581ED #C155ED

monochromatic

#93B413 #BDE71E #CDED55 #DDF38C #EEF9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#CDED55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#CDED55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDED55

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDED55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDED55	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8E1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cded55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 237, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.178 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff28c',
    500: '#cded55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cded55;
$custom-light: #dff28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cded55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.632,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89478,
    "c": 0.17782,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDED55

secondary

#4D32B4

accent

#08DD35

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDED55

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

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