#CEDD56#CEDD56

#CEDD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.158 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD56
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 61.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.74, -22.72, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.74, 66.61, 109.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.07% -0.0672 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.07% 0.158 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.9909, 65.5074, 18.6550)
Luminance	0.6551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD56 #6556DD

analogous

#DDA956 #CEDD56 #8ADD56

triadic

#CEDD56 #56CEDD #DD56CE

tetradic

#CEDD56 #56DDA9 #6556DD #DD568A

square

#CEDD56 #56DDA9 #6556DD #DD568A

split-complementary

#CEDD56 #568ADD #A956DD

monochromatic

#8C9A1F #BACD29 #CEDD56 #DDE789 #ECF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#CEDD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD56

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD56	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)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.158 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e78b',
    500: '#cedd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd56;
$custom-light: #e0e78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86065,
    "c": 0.15821,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD56

secondary

#453A9E

accent

#17CE2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD56

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

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