#CEDB57#CEDB57

#CEDB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.155 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDB57
RGB	rgb(206, 219, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -21.69, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 65.33, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.64% -0.0642 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.64% 0.155 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5066, 64.4738, 18.6937)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDB57 #6457DB

analogous

#DBA657 #CEDB57 #8CDB57

triadic

#CEDB57 #57CEDB #DB57CE

tetradic

#CEDB57 #57DBA6 #6457DB #DB578C

square

#CEDB57 #57DBA6 #6457DB #DB578C

split-complementary

#CEDB57 #578CDB #A657DB

monochromatic

#8C9720 #BACA2B #CEDB57 #DDE689 #EBF1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CEDB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#CEDB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDB57

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDB57	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)

#EAD147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 219, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.155 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68c',
    500: '#cedb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedb57;
$custom-light: #e0e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.909,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85641,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDB57

secondary

#443B9C

accent

#40E851

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDB57

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

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