#CEDB59#CEDB59

#CEDB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.154 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDB59
RGB	rgb(206, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.23, -21.54, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.23, 64.50, 109.51°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0636 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.154 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.5895, 64.5070, 19.1300)
Luminance	0.6451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDB59 #6659DB

analogous

#DBA759 #CEDB59 #8DDB59

triadic

#CEDB59 #59CEDB #DB59CE

tetradic

#CEDB59 #59DBA7 #6659DB #DB598D

square

#CEDB59 #59DBA7 #6659DB #DB598D

split-complementary

#CEDB59 #598DDB #A759DB

monochromatic

#8D9921 #BBCB2C #CEDB59 #DDE68B #ECF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CEDB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#CEDB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDB59

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDB59	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.154 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68d',
    500: '#cedb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedb59;
$custom-light: #e0e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85661,
    "c": 0.15353,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDB59

secondary

#453B9D

accent

#19CC2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDB59

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

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