#CEDA42#CEDA42

#CEDA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.169 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDA42
RGB	rgb(206, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.79, -22.47, 69.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.79, 72.93, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0685 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.169 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5098, 63.6590, 14.7272)
Luminance	0.6366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDA42 #4E42DA

analogous

#DA9A42 #CEDA42 #82DA42

triadic

#CEDA42 #42CEDA #DA42CE

tetradic

#CEDA42 #42DA9A #4E42DA #DA4282

square

#CEDA42 #42DA9A #4E42DA #DA4282

split-complementary

#CEDA42 #4282DA #9A42DA

monochromatic

#7F871A #AEBA24 #CEDA42 #DBE475 #E9EEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CEDA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#CEDA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDA42

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDA42	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceda42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.169 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e580',
    500: '#ceda42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceda42;
$custom-light: #e0e580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceda42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85253,
    "c": 0.16899,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDA42

secondary

#3A338D

accent

#3EEA4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDA42

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

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