#CEDC53#CEDC53

#CEDC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.159 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC53
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 83)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 62.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -22.44, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 67.38, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0667 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.159 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6094, 64.9336, 17.9440)
Luminance	0.6493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC53 #6153DC

analogous

#DCA553 #CEDC53 #8ADC53

triadic

#CEDC53 #53CEDC #DC53CE

tetradic

#CEDC53 #53DCA5 #6153DC #DC538A

square

#CEDC53 #53DCA5 #6153DC #DC538A

split-complementary

#CEDC53 #538ADC #A553DC

monochromatic

#8A961F #B9C929 #CEDC53 #DCE686 #EBF1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#CEDC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC53

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC53	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.159 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e689',
    500: '#cedc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc53;
$custom-light: #e0e689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.131,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85821,
    "c": 0.1594,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC53

secondary

#43399B

accent

#3FE950

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC53

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

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