#CEDD79#CEDD79

#CEDD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.126 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD79
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(69, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 45.2%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.11, -19.75, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.11, 51.13, 112.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0555 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.126 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.7618, 66.2158, 27.9815)
Luminance	0.6622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD79 #8879DD

analogous

#DDBA79 #CEDD79 #9CDD79

triadic

#CEDD79 #79CEDD #DD79CE

tetradic

#CEDD79 #79DDBA #8879DD #DD799C

square

#CEDD79 #79DDBA #8879DD #DD799C

split-complementary

#CEDD79 #799CDD #BA79DD

monochromatic

#9CAF2C #BCD148 #CEDD79 #E0E9AA #F2F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CEDD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#CEDD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD79

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD79	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.126 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee7a1',
    500: '#cedd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd79;
$custom-light: #dee7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86472,
    "c": 0.12609,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD79

secondary

#5949B1

accent

#1EC738

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD79

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

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