#CDED56#CDED56

#CDED56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.177 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDED56
RGB	rgb(205, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(73, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -30.70, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 73.85, 114.57°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.0895 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.177 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.1416, 74.2196, 20.1178)
Luminance	0.7422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDED56 #7656ED

analogous

#EDC156 #CDED56 #81ED56

triadic

#CDED56 #56CDED #ED56CD

tetradic

#CDED56 #56EDC1 #7656ED #ED5681

square

#CDED56 #56EDC1 #7656ED #ED5681

split-complementary

#CDED56 #5681ED #C156ED

monochromatic

#93B513 #BDE71F #CDED56 #DDF38D #EEF9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#CDED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#CDED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDED56

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDED56	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)

#FBE042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8E1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cded56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.177 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff28c',
    500: '#cded56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cded56;
$custom-light: #dff28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cded56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.715,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89486,
    "c": 0.1771,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDED56

secondary

#4E32B5

accent

#08DD35

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDED56

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

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