#CEDC78#CEDC78

#CEDC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.126 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC78
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(68, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 45.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -19.36, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 51.11, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.0545 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.126 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4376, 65.6649, 27.5725)
Luminance	0.6566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC78 #8678DC

analogous

#DCB878 #CEDC78 #9CDC78

triadic

#CEDC78 #78CEDC #DC78CE

tetradic

#CEDC78 #78DCB8 #8678DC #DC789C

square

#CEDC78 #78DCB8 #8678DC #DC789C

split-complementary

#CEDC78 #789CDC #B878DC

monochromatic

#9BAD2D #BCCF47 #CEDC78 #E0E9A9 #F1F5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#CEDC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC78

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC78	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D2C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.126 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee6a1',
    500: '#cedc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc78;
$custom-light: #dee6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.4,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86243,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC78

secondary

#5749AF

accent

#1FC636

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC78

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

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