#CEDC40#CEDC40

#CEDC40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.172 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC40
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 70.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -23.54, 70.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 74.42, 108.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0716 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.172 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.9737, 64.6793, 14.5960)
Luminance	0.6468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC40 #4E40DC

analogous

#DC9C40 #CEDC40 #80DC40

triadic

#CEDC40 #40CEDC #DC40CE

tetradic

#CEDC40 #40DC9C #4E40DC #DC4080

square

#CEDC40 #40DC9C #4E40DC #DC4080

split-complementary

#CEDC40 #4080DC #9C40DC

monochromatic

#7F8919 #AEBC23 #CEDC40 #DBE574 #E9EFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CEDC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#CEDC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC40

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC40	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.172 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e67f',
    500: '#cedc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc40;
$custom-light: #e1e67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.385,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85674,
    "c": 0.17233,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC40

secondary

#3A328F

accent

#3CEC4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC40

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

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