#CEDD42#CEDD42

#CEDD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.172 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD42
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -23.92, 70.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 74.15, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.91% -0.0725 0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(85.91% 0.172 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2948, 65.2290, 14.9888)
Luminance	0.6523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD42 #5142DD

analogous

#DD9E42 #CEDD42 #81DD42

triadic

#CEDD42 #42CEDD #DD42CE

tetradic

#CEDD42 #42DD9E #5142DD #DD4281

square

#CEDD42 #42DD9E #5142DD #DD4281

split-complementary

#CEDD42 #4281DD #9E42DD

monochromatic

#808C19 #B0BF22 #CEDD42 #DBE676 #E9F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CEDD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#CEDD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD42

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD42	1.00	1.50	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBD0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.172 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e780',
    500: '#cedd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd42;
$custom-light: #e0e780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85905,
    "c": 0.17219,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD42

secondary

#3B3291

accent

#3BEC4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD42

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

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