#CEDC4E#CEDC4E

#CEDC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.163 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC4E
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 64.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -22.76, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 69.35, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.78% -0.0681 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(85.78% 0.163 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4232, 64.8592, 16.9637)
Luminance	0.6486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC4E #5C4EDC

analogous

#DCA34E #CEDC4E #87DC4E

triadic

#CEDC4E #4ECEDC #DC4ECE

tetradic

#CEDC4E #4EDCA3 #5C4EDC #DC4E87

square

#CEDC4E #4EDCA3 #5C4EDC #DC4E87

split-complementary

#CEDC4E #4E87DC #A34EDC

monochromatic

#87931D #B6C627 #CEDC4E #DCE681 #EAF0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#CEDC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC4E

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC4E	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBD0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.163 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e686',
    500: '#cedc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc4e;
$custom-light: #e0e686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.915,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85778,
    "c": 0.16311,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC4E

secondary

#403797

accent

#3EEA4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC4E

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

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