#CEDB55#CEDB55

#CEDB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.157 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDB55
RGB	rgb(206, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -21.82, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 66.14, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0648 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.157 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4260, 64.4416, 18.2693)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDB55 #6255DB

analogous

#DBA555 #CEDB55 #8BDB55

triadic

#CEDB55 #55CEDB #DB55CE

tetradic

#CEDB55 #55DBA5 #6255DB #DB558B

square

#CEDB55 #55DBA5 #6255DB #DB558B

split-complementary

#CEDB55 #558BDB #A555DB

monochromatic

#8A9620 #B9C82A #CEDB55 #DDE688 #EBF0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CEDB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#CEDB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDB55

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDB55	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.157 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68a',
    500: '#cedb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedb55;
$custom-light: #e0e68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.821,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85623,
    "c": 0.15673,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDB55

secondary

#433A9A

accent

#40E850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDB55

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

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