#CEDA59#CEDA59

#CEDA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.152 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDA59
RGB	rgb(206, 218, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 59.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -21.06, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 64.06, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(85.44% -0.0622 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(85.44% 0.152 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.3294, 63.9868, 19.0433)
Luminance	0.6399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDA59 #6559DA

analogous

#DAA559 #CEDA59 #8EDA59

triadic

#CEDA59 #59CEDA #DA59CE

tetradic

#CEDA59 #59DAA5 #6559DA #DA598E

square

#CEDA59 #59DAA5 #6559DA #DA598E

split-complementary

#CEDA59 #598EDA #A559DA

monochromatic

#8C9722 #BAC92D #CEDA59 #DDE58B #ECF0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CEDA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#CEDA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDA59

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDA59	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ceda59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 218, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.152 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e58d',
    500: '#ceda59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ceda59;
$custom-light: #e0e58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ceda59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85444,
    "c": 0.15239,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDA59

secondary

#453C9B

accent

#1ACB2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDA59

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

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