#CEDC5A#CEDC5A

#CEDC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.154 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC5A
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 90)
HSL	hsl(66, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 59.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -21.96, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 64.52, 109.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.0647 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.154 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.8934, 65.0472, 19.4399)
Luminance	0.6505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC5A #685ADC

analogous

#DCA95A #CEDC5A #8DDC5A

triadic

#CEDC5A #5ACEDC #DC5ACE

tetradic

#CEDC5A #5ADCA9 #685ADC #DC5A8D

square

#CEDC5A #5ADCA9 #685ADC #DC5A8D

split-complementary

#CEDC5A #5A8DDC #A95ADC

monochromatic

#8E9B21 #BCCD2C #CEDC5A #DDE78C #ECF1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#CEDC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC5A

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC5A	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)

#EAD24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.154 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68e',
    500: '#cedc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc5a;
$custom-light: #e0e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85887,
    "c": 0.15385,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC5A

secondary

#463B9F

accent

#19CD2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC5A

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

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