#CEDB42#CEDB42

#CEDB42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.170 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDB42
RGB	rgb(206, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -22.95, 69.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 73.34, 108.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0698 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.17 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7699, 64.1792, 14.8139)
Luminance	0.6418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDB42 #4F42DB

analogous

#DB9B42 #CEDB42 #81DB42

triadic

#CEDB42 #42CEDB #DB42CE

tetradic

#CEDB42 #42DB9B #4F42DB #DB4281

square

#CEDB42 #42DB9B #4F42DB #DB4281

split-complementary

#CEDB42 #4281DB #9B42DB

monochromatic

#7F891A #AFBC24 #CEDB42 #DBE575 #E9EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CEDB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#CEDB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDB42

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDB42	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.170 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e680',
    500: '#cedb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedb42;
$custom-light: #e0e680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.098,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8547,
    "c": 0.17006,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDB42

secondary

#3A338F

accent

#3DEB4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDB42

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

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