#CEDC57#CEDC57

#CEDC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.156 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC57
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 60.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -22.17, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 65.76, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.0656 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.156 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.7683, 64.9972, 18.7809)
Luminance	0.6500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC57 #6557DC

analogous

#DCA857 #CEDC57 #8BDC57

triadic

#CEDC57 #57CEDC #DC57CE

tetradic

#CEDC57 #57DCA8 #6557DC #DC578B

square

#CEDC57 #57DCA8 #6557DC #DC578B

split-complementary

#CEDC57 #578BDC #A857DC

monochromatic

#8C9920 #BACB2A #CEDC57 #DDE78A #ECF1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#CEDC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC57

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC57	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)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.156 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68c',
    500: '#cedc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc57;
$custom-light: #e0e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85858,
    "c": 0.15628,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC57

secondary

#453A9D

accent

#18CD2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC57

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

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