#CEDE36#CEDE36

#CEDE36 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.180 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE36
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 75.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -24.95, 74.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 78.39, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0763 0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.18 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2422, 65.6316, 13.4054)
Luminance	0.6563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE36 #4636DE

analogous

#DE9A36 #CEDE36 #7ADE36

triadic

#CEDE36 #36CEDE #DE36CE

tetradic

#CEDE36 #36DE9A #4636DE #DE367A

square

#CEDE36 #36DE9A #4636DE #DE367A

split-complementary

#CEDE36 #367ADE #9A36DE

monochromatic

#798416 #AAB91E #CEDE36 #DBE76B #E8EF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#CEDE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE36

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE36	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCD1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.180 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e87a',
    500: '#cede36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede36;
$custom-light: #e1e87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8605,
    "c": 0.1799,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE36

secondary

#372E8A

accent

#39EF4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE36

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

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