#CEDC59#CEDC59

#CEDC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.155 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC59
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -22.03, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 64.94, 109.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.88% -0.065 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.88% 0.155 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.8511, 65.0303, 19.2172)
Luminance	0.6503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC59 #6759DC

analogous

#DCA859 #CEDC59 #8CDC59

triadic

#CEDC59 #59CEDC #DC59CE

tetradic

#CEDC59 #59DCA8 #6759DC #DC598C

square

#CEDC59 #59DCA8 #6759DC #DC598C

split-complementary

#CEDC59 #598CDC #A859DC

monochromatic

#8D9A20 #BBCD2B #CEDC59 #DDE78C #ECF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#CEDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC59

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC59	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.155 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68d',
    500: '#cedc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc59;
$custom-light: #e0e68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.412,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85877,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC59

secondary

#463B9E

accent

#18CD2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC59

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

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