#CEDC5B#CEDC5B

#CEDC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.153 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC5B
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 91)
HSL	hsl(67, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 58.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.52, -21.88, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.52, 64.10, 109.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.0644 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.153 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9362, 65.0644, 19.6655)
Luminance	0.6506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC5B #695BDC

analogous

#DCA95B #CEDC5B #8DDC5B

triadic

#CEDC5B #5BCEDC #DC5BCE

tetradic

#CEDC5B #5BDCA9 #695BDC #DC5B8D

square

#CEDC5B #5BDCA9 #695BDC #DC5B8D

split-complementary

#CEDC5B #5B8DDC #A95BDC

monochromatic

#8E9B21 #BCCE2C #CEDC5B #DDE78D #ECF2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#CEDC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC5B

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC5B	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)

#EAD24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD0C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.153 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e68e',
    500: '#cedc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc5b;
$custom-light: #e0e68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.512,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85897,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC5B

secondary

#473C9F

accent

#19CD2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC5B

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

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