#CEDD55#CEDD55

#CEDD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.159 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD55
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 61.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -22.79, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 67.02, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0675 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.159 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9509, 65.4914, 18.4443)
Luminance	0.6549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD55 #6455DD

analogous

#DDA855 #CEDD55 #8ADD55

triadic

#CEDD55 #55CEDD #DD55CE

tetradic

#CEDD55 #55DDA8 #6455DD #DD558A

square

#CEDD55 #55DDA8 #6455DD #DD558A

split-complementary

#CEDD55 #558ADD #A855DD

monochromatic

#8B991F #BACC29 #CEDD55 #DDE788 #EBF1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#CEDD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD55

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD55	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.159 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e78b',
    500: '#cedd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd55;
$custom-light: #e0e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.618,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86056,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD55

secondary

#44399D

accent

#3EEA51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD55

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

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