#CEDB79#CEDB79

#CEDB79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.124 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDB79
RGB	rgb(206, 219, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(68, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 44.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -18.77, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 50.15, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.04% -0.0527 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(86.04% 0.124 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2369, 65.1660, 27.8065)
Luminance	0.6516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDB79 #8679DB

analogous

#DBB779 #CEDB79 #9DDB79

triadic

#CEDB79 #79CEDB #DB79CE

tetradic

#CEDB79 #79DBB7 #8679DB #DB799D

square

#CEDB79 #79DBB7 #8679DB #DB799D

split-complementary

#CEDB79 #799DDB #B779DB

monochromatic

#9BAC2E #BCCE49 #CEDB79 #E0E8A9 #F1F5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#CEDB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDB79

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDB79	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 219, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.124 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee6a1',
    500: '#cedb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedb79;
$custom-light: #dee6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.959,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86042,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDB79

secondary

#574AAE

accent

#20C536

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDB79

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

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