#CEDD3B#CEDD3B

#CEDD3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.176 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD3B
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -24.25, 72.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 76.46, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(85.86% -0.074 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(85.86% 0.176 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1009, 65.1514, 13.9677)
Luminance	0.6515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD3B #4A3BDD

analogous

#DD9B3B #CEDD3B #7DDD3B

triadic

#CEDD3B #3BCEDD #DD3BCE

tetradic

#CEDD3B #3BDD9B #4A3BDD #DD3B7D

square

#CEDD3B #3BDD9B #4A3BDD #DD3B7D

split-complementary

#CEDD3B #3B7DDD #9B3BDD

monochromatic

#7C8617 #ACBA20 #CEDD3B #DBE66F #E8EFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#CEDD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD3B

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD3B	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBD0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.176 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e77d',
    500: '#cedd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd3b;
$custom-light: #e1e77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.556,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8586,
    "c": 0.17624,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD3B

secondary

#38308C

accent

#3BED4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD3B

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

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