#CDED57#CDED57

#CDED57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.176 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDED57
RGB	rgb(205, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(73, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 0%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.03, -30.64, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.03, 73.47, 114.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.5% -0.0892 0.1522)
OKLCH	oklch(89.5% 0.176 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.1821, 74.2358, 20.3315)
Luminance	0.7424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDED57 #7757ED

analogous

#EDC257 #CDED57 #82ED57

triadic

#CDED57 #57CDED #ED57CD

tetradic

#CDED57 #57EDC2 #7757ED #ED5782

square

#CDED57 #57EDC2 #7757ED #ED5782

split-complementary

#CDED57 #5782ED #C257ED

monochromatic

#93B614 #BDE720 #CDED57 #DDF38E #EEF9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#CDED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.85

#CDED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDED57

15.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDED57	1.00	1.33	15.85	15.85
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FBE044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8E1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cded57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.176 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dff28d',
    500: '#cded57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cded57;
$custom-light: #dff28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cded57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89495,
    "c": 0.17636,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.74236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDED57

secondary

#4F33B6

accent

#09DD36

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FCFEF4

border

#D5D6CE

text

#16170D

muted

#84857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDED57

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

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