#CEDA56#CEDA56

#CEDA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.155 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDA56
RGB	rgb(206, 218, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 60.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -21.27, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 65.30, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(85.42% -0.0631 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(85.42% 0.155 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2059, 63.9374, 18.3933)
Luminance	0.6394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDA56 #6256DA

analogous

#DAA456 #CEDA56 #8CDA56

triadic

#CEDA56 #56CEDA #DA56CE

tetradic

#CEDA56 #56DAA4 #6256DA #DA568C

square

#CEDA56 #56DAA4 #6256DA #DA568C

split-complementary

#CEDA56 #568CDA #A456DA

monochromatic

#8A9521 #B9C72C #CEDA56 #DDE588 #EBF0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CEDA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#CEDA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDA56

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDA56	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACEBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceda56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 218, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.155 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e58b',
    500: '#ceda56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceda56;
$custom-light: #e0e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceda56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85415,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDA56

secondary

#433B9A

accent

#41E750

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDA56

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

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