#CEDC44#CEDC44

#CEDC44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.170 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC44
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 68)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 69%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 69.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -23.33, 69.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 73.04, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0707 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.17 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.0916, 64.7265, 15.2171)
Luminance	0.6473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC44 #5244DC

analogous

#DC9E44 #CEDC44 #82DC44

triadic

#CEDC44 #44CEDC #DC44CE

tetradic

#CEDC44 #44DC9E #5244DC #DC4482

square

#CEDC44 #44DC9E #5244DC #DC4482

split-complementary

#CEDC44 #4482DC #9E44DC

monochromatic

#818B1A #B1BF24 #CEDC44 #DCE678 #E9EFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CEDC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#CEDC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC44

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC44	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCFBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.170 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e681',
    500: '#cedc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc44;
$custom-light: #e0e681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.526,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85701,
    "c": 0.16987,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC44

secondary

#3C3391

accent

#3CEB4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC44

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

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