#CEDC72#CEDC72

#CEDC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.132 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC72
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 114)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 48%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 48.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -19.95, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 53.91, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.0567 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.132 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.0848, 65.5238, 25.7145)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC72 #8072DC

analogous

#DCB572 #CEDC72 #99DC72

triadic

#CEDC72 #72CEDC #DC72CE

tetradic

#CEDC72 #72DCB5 #8072DC #DC7299

square

#CEDC72 #72DCB5 #8072DC #DC7299

split-complementary

#CEDC72 #7299DC #B572DC

monochromatic

#99AA2A #BDD041 #CEDC72 #DFE8A3 #F0F4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#CEDC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC72

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC72	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.132 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe69d',
    500: '#cedc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc72;
$custom-light: #dfe69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.925,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86162,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC72

secondary

#5446AC

accent

#1EC834

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC72

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

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