#CEDA55#CEDA55

#CEDA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.156 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDA55
RGB	rgb(206, 218, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 61%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -21.34, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 65.71, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0634 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.156 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.1659, 63.9214, 18.1826)
Luminance	0.6392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDA55 #6155DA

analogous

#DAA455 #CEDA55 #8BDA55

triadic

#CEDA55 #55CEDA #DA55CE

tetradic

#CEDA55 #55DAA4 #6155DA #DA558B

square

#CEDA55 #55DAA4 #6155DA #DA558B

split-complementary

#CEDA55 #558BDA #A455DA

monochromatic

#8A9420 #B9C72B #CEDA55 #DCE587 #EBF0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CEDA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#CEDA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDA55

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDA55	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceda55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 218, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.156 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e58a',
    500: '#ceda55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceda55;
$custom-light: #e0e58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceda55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.414,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85406,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDA55

secondary

#433A99

accent

#41E750

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDA55

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

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