#CEDD37#CEDD37

#CEDD37 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.178 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD37
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 75.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -24.43, 73.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 77.70, 108.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0748 0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.178 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0012, 65.1115, 13.4421)
Luminance	0.6511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD37 #4637DD

analogous

#DD9937 #CEDD37 #7BDD37

triadic

#CEDD37 #37CEDD #DD37CE

tetradic

#CEDD37 #37DD99 #4637DD #DD377B

square

#CEDD37 #37DD99 #4637DD #DD377B

split-complementary

#CEDD37 #377BDD #9937DD

monochromatic

#798316 #AAB81F #CEDD37 #DBE66B #E8EFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#CEDD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD37

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD37	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD20A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCD0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.178 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e77b',
    500: '#cedd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd37;
$custom-light: #e1e77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.422,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85837,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD37

secondary

#372E8A

accent

#3AEE4A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD37

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

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