#CEDC51#CEDC51

#CEDC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.161 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC51
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.43, -22.57, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.43, 68.18, 109.33°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% -0.0673 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.161 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.5333, 64.9032, 17.5432)
Luminance	0.6490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC51 #5F51DC

analogous

#DCA551 #CEDC51 #89DC51

triadic

#CEDC51 #51CEDC #DC51CE

tetradic

#CEDC51 #51DCA5 #5F51DC #DC5189

square

#CEDC51 #51DCA5 #5F51DC #DC5189

split-complementary

#CEDC51 #5189DC #A551DC

monochromatic

#89951E #B8C828 #CEDC51 #DCE684 #EBF0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.98

#CEDC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC51

13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC51	1.00	1.50	13.98	13.98
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBD0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.161 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e688',
    500: '#cedc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc51;
$custom-light: #e0e688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.043,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85803,
    "c": 0.16091,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC51

secondary

#423899

accent

#3EE950

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC51

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

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