#CEDB51#CEDB51

#CEDB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.160 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDB51
RGB	rgb(206, 219, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 63%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -22.09, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 67.75, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.59% -0.0659 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(85.59% 0.16 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2716, 64.3798, 17.4559)
Luminance	0.6438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDB51 #5E51DB

analogous

#DBA351 #CEDB51 #89DB51

triadic

#CEDB51 #51CEDB #DB51CE

tetradic

#CEDB51 #51DBA3 #5E51DB #DB5189

square

#CEDB51 #51DBA3 #5E51DB #DB5189

split-complementary

#CEDB51 #5189DB #A351DB

monochromatic

#88931E #B7C629 #CEDB51 #DCE584 #EBF0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CEDB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#CEDB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDB51

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDB51	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 219, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.160 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e688',
    500: '#cedb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedb51;
$custom-light: #e0e688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.652,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85587,
    "c": 0.15979,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDB51

secondary

#413898

accent

#3FE94F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDB51

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

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