#CEDB56#CEDB56

#CEDB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.156 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDB56
RGB	rgb(206, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.20, -21.75, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.20, 65.74, 109.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.0645 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.156 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4660, 64.4576, 18.4800)
Luminance	0.6446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDB56 #6356DB

analogous

#DBA656 #CEDB56 #8BDB56

triadic

#CEDB56 #56CEDB #DB56CE

tetradic

#CEDB56 #56DBA6 #6356DB #DB568B

square

#CEDB56 #56DBA6 #6356DB #DB568B

split-complementary

#CEDB56 #568BDB #A656DB

monochromatic

#8B9720 #BAC92B #CEDB56 #DDE688 #EBF0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CEDB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#CEDB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDB56

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDB56	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)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.156 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68b',
    500: '#cedb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedb56;
$custom-light: #e0e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.865,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85632,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDB56

secondary

#443A9B

accent

#40E850

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDB56

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

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