#CEDC79#CEDC79

#CEDC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.125 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC79
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(68, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 45%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -19.26, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 50.64, 112.35°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0541 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.125 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4986, 65.6893, 27.8938)
Luminance	0.6569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC79 #8779DC

analogous

#DCB979 #CEDC79 #9DDC79

triadic

#CEDC79 #79CEDC #DC79CE

tetradic

#CEDC79 #79DCB9 #8779DC #DC799D

square

#CEDC79 #79DCB9 #8779DC #DC799D

split-complementary

#CEDC79 #799DDC #B979DC

monochromatic

#9BAD2D #BCCF48 #CEDC79 #E0E9AA #F1F5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#CEDC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC79

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC79	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.125 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee6a1',
    500: '#cedc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc79;
$custom-light: #dee6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.485,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86257,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC79

secondary

#584AB0

accent

#1FC637

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC79

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

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