#CEDD59#CEDD59

#CEDD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.156 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD59
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.77, -22.51, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.77, 65.38, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.0663 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.156 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1144, 65.5568, 19.3050)
Luminance	0.6556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD59 #6859DD

analogous

#DDAA59 #CEDD59 #8CDD59

triadic

#CEDD59 #59CEDD #DD59CE

tetradic

#CEDD59 #59DDAA #6859DD #DD598C

square

#CEDD59 #59DDAA #6859DD #DD598C

split-complementary

#CEDD59 #598CDD #AA59DD

monochromatic

#8E9C20 #BCCF2A #CEDD59 #DDE78C #ECF2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.11

#CEDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD59

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD59	1.00	1.49	14.11	14.11
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.156 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e78d',
    500: '#cedd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd59;
$custom-light: #e0e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.818,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86094,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD59

secondary

#463BA0

accent

#18CE2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD59

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

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