#CEDA38#CEDA38

#CEDA38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.175 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDA38
RGB	rgb(206, 218, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 74.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.73, -22.94, 72.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.73, 76.23, 107.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.0706 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.175 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2404, 63.5512, 13.3080)
Luminance	0.6355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDA38 #4438DA

analogous

#DA9538 #CEDA38 #7DDA38

triadic

#CEDA38 #38CEDA #DA38CE

tetradic

#CEDA38 #38DA95 #4438DA #DA387D

square

#CEDA38 #38DA95 #4438DA #DA387D

split-complementary

#CEDA38 #387DDA #9538DA

monochromatic

#788018 #A9B321 #CEDA38 #DBE46C #E7ED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CEDA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#CEDA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDA38

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDA38	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceda38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 218, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.175 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e57b',
    500: '#ceda38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceda38;
$custom-light: #e1e57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceda38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85189,
    "c": 0.17474,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDA38

secondary

#362F87

accent

#3CEB49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDA38

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

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