#CEDE37#CEDE37

#CEDE37 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.179 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE37
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 72%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 75.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -24.90, 74.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 78.09, 108.60°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.0762 0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.179 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.2660, 65.6411, 13.5304)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE37 #4737DE

analogous

#DE9B37 #CEDE37 #7ADE37

triadic

#CEDE37 #37CEDE #DE37CE

tetradic

#CEDE37 #37DE9B #4737DE #DE377A

square

#CEDE37 #37DE9B #4737DE #DE377A

split-complementary

#CEDE37 #377ADE #9B37DE

monochromatic

#7A8516 #AAB91F #CEDE37 #DBE76C #E8EFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CEDE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#CEDE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE37

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE37	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)

#EED309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBD1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.179 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e87b',
    500: '#cede37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede37;
$custom-light: #e1e87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.749,
    "s": 71.674,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86055,
    "c": 0.1794,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE37

secondary

#372E8B

accent

#39EE4B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE37

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

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