#CDFF74

sRGB: 205 / 255 / 116

Celestial flames command forgotten kingdoms
Unbridled forces transform the fabric of existence
Silver wings drift toward tomorrow

#CDFF74 belongs to the yellow-green family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 205 red, 255 green and 116 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 81.6° lands in the yellow-green region. Its 100.0% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 72.7% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (18.15:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 205, 255, 116
HSL: 81.58°, 100.00%, 72.75%
HSV / HSB: 81.58°, 54.51%, 100.00%
CMYK (approx.): 19.61%, 0.00%, 54.51%, 0.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 64.087, 85.759, 29.700
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 94.209, -36.595, 60.318
WCAG relative luminance: 0.85760
24-bit decimal: 13500276

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CDFF74 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 18.15:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.16:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#A674FF sits half a turn (180°) from #CDFF74 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CDFF74 #A674FF

Analogous

#FFEC74 and #88FF74 sit 30° to either side of #CDFF74. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#FFEC74 #CDFF74 #88FF74

Triadic

#CDFF74, #74CDFF and #FF74CD are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CDFF74 #74CDFF #FF74CD

Split complementary

Start at #CDFF74 and look across the wheel. #7488FF and #EC74FF sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CDFF74 #7488FF #EC74FF

Square

Starting with #CDFF74, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #74FFEC, #A674FF, then #FF7487. Across the square, #CDFF74 pairs with #A674FF, and #74FFEC with #FF7487.

#CDFF74 #74FFEC #A674FF #FF7487

Tetradic

#CDFF74 and #A674FF are opposites, as are #74FFA6 and #FF74CD. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CDFF74 #74FFA6 #A674FF #FF74CD

Tints

Mixing #CDFF74 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D7FF90, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5FFE3, the mixture is 80% white.

#CDFF74 #D7FF90 #E1FFAC #EBFFC7 #F5FFE3 #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CDFF74 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A4CC5D, keeps 80% of the original. By #293317, the mixture is 80% black.

#CDFF74 #A4CC5D #7B9946 #52662E #293317 #000000

Tones

Mixing #CDFF74 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BEE676, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F997E, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CDFF74 #BEE676 #AECC79 #9FB37B #8F997E #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CDFF74

RGB

rgb(205 255 116)

HSL

hsl(81.583 100.000% 72.745%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CDFF74;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CDFF74 uses 205 red, 255 green and 116 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.4%

Green 100.0%

Blue 45.5%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CDFF74 is 19.6% cyan, 0.0% magenta, 54.5% yellow and 0.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 19.6%

Magenta 0.0%

Yellow 54.5%

Black 0.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCFF77. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CF7 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CDFF74 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCFF66, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCFF77 Nearest web-safe: #CCFF66

Gradient to complement

#CDFF74 #C7E88B #C0D1A2 #BABABA #B3A2D1 #AD8BE8 #A674FF

Color vision previews

Compare how #CDFF74 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#FFF066

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#FFEE7D

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D4F4E0

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F8F56F

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#F5F379

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#D1FBA6

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#EEEEEE

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#DEF7BE

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.61050 G 1.00000 B 0.17465

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.84320 G 0.99429 B 0.52897

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.67965 G 0.98707 B 0.24185

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.357 y 0.478 Y 85.759

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 19.608 M % 0.000 Y % 54.510

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001101 11111111 01110100