#CEDC55#CEDC55

#CEDC55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.158 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC55
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -22.31, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 66.58, 109.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0662 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.158 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.6877, 64.9649, 18.3565)
Luminance	0.6496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC55 #6355DC

analogous

#DCA655 #CEDC55 #8BDC55

triadic

#CEDC55 #55CEDC #DC55CE

tetradic

#CEDC55 #55DCA6 #6355DC #DC558B

square

#CEDC55 #55DCA6 #6355DC #DC558B

split-complementary

#CEDC55 #558BDC #A655DC

monochromatic

#8B971F #BACA2A #CEDC55 #DDE688 #EBF1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#CEDC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC55

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC55	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)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.158 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68b',
    500: '#cedc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc55;
$custom-light: #e0e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.222,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85839,
    "c": 0.15786,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC55

secondary

#44399C

accent

#3FE951

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC55

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

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