#CEDA51#CEDA51

#CEDA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.159 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDA51
RGB	rgb(206, 218, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 62.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -21.60, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 67.32, 108.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0646 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.159 114)
XYZ	xyz(52.0115, 63.8596, 17.3692)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDA51 #5D51DA

analogous

#DAA151 #CEDA51 #89DA51

triadic

#CEDA51 #51CEDA #DA51CE

tetradic

#CEDA51 #51DAA1 #5D51DA #DA5189

square

#CEDA51 #51DAA1 #5D51DA #DA5189

split-complementary

#CEDA51 #5189DA #A151DA

monochromatic

#88921F #B7C42A #CEDA51 #DCE583 #EAEFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CEDA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#CEDA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDA51

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDA51	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceda51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 218, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.159 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e588',
    500: '#ceda51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceda51;
$custom-light: #e0e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceda51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8537,
    "c": 0.15868,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.63859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDA51

secondary

#413997

accent

#40E84F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDA51

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

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