#CEDC56#CEDC56

#CEDC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.157 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC56
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -22.24, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 66.17, 109.64°)
OKLab	oklab(85.85% -0.0659 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(85.85% 0.157 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7277, 64.9809, 18.5672)
Luminance	0.6498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC56 #6456DC

analogous

#DCA756 #CEDC56 #8BDC56

triadic

#CEDC56 #56CEDC #DC56CE

tetradic

#CEDC56 #56DCA7 #6456DC #DC568B

square

#CEDC56 #56DCA7 #6456DC #DC568B

split-complementary

#CEDC56 #568BDC #A756DC

monochromatic

#8B9820 #BACB2A #CEDC56 #DDE689 #EBF1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#CEDC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC56

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC56	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.157 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68b',
    500: '#cedc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc56;
$custom-light: #e0e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.269,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85848,
    "c": 0.15707,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC56

secondary

#443A9C

accent

#3FE951

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC56

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

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