#CEDD57#CEDD57

#CEDD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.157 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD57
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -22.65, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 66.20, 110.01°)
OKLab	oklab(86.08% -0.0669 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(86.08% 0.157 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0315, 65.5236, 18.8686)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD57 #6657DD

analogous

#DDA957 #CEDD57 #8BDD57

triadic

#CEDD57 #57CEDD #DD57CE

tetradic

#CEDD57 #57DDA9 #6657DD #DD578B

square

#CEDD57 #57DDA9 #6657DD #DD578B

split-complementary

#CEDD57 #578BDD #A957DD

monochromatic

#8D9A1F #BBCD2A #CEDD57 #DDE78A #ECF2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#CEDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD57

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD57	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)

#ECD347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.157 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e78c',
    500: '#cedd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd57;
$custom-light: #e0e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.716,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86075,
    "c": 0.15741,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD57

secondary

#453A9E

accent

#17CE2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD57

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

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