#CEDD5B#CEDD5B

#CEDD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.154 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD5B
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 58.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -22.37, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 64.55, 110.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0657 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.154 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1995, 65.5908, 19.7533)
Luminance	0.6559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD5B #6A5BDD

analogous

#DDAB5B #CEDD5B #8DDD5B

triadic

#CEDD5B #5BCEDD #DD5BCE

tetradic

#CEDD5B #5BDDAB #6A5BDD #DD5B8D

square

#CEDD5B #5BDDAB #6A5BDD #DD5B8D

split-complementary

#CEDD5B #5B8DDD #AB5BDD

monochromatic

#8F9D21 #BDD02B #CEDD5B #DDE88E #ECF2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#CEDD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD5B

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD5B	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.154 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e78e',
    500: '#cedd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd5b;
$custom-light: #e0e78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86113,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD5B

secondary

#473BA1

accent

#18CE2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD5B

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

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