#CEDD38#CEDD38

#CEDD38 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	#CEDD38
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 56)
HSL	hsl(65, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 74.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -24.38, 73.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 77.40, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.84% -0.0746 0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(85.84% 0.178 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0254, 65.1212, 13.5696)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD38 #4738DD

analogous

#DD9A38 #CEDD38 #7BDD38

triadic

#CEDD38 #38CEDD #DD38CE

tetradic

#CEDD38 #38DD9A #4738DD #DD387B

square

#CEDD38 #38DD9A #4738DD #DD387B

split-complementary

#CEDD38 #387BDD #9A38DD

monochromatic

#7A8417 #AAB81F #CEDD38 #DBE66C #E8EFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#CEDD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD38

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD38	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)

#EDD20E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCD0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.178 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e77b',
    500: '#cedd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd38;
$custom-light: #e1e77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85843,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD38

secondary

#372F8B

accent

#3AEE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD38

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

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