#CEDE40#CEDE40

#CEDE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.174 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE40
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 71.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.86, -24.50, 71.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.86, 75.23, 109.00°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0743 0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.174 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5017, 65.7354, 14.7720)
Luminance	0.6573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE40 #5040DE

analogous

#DE9F40 #CEDE40 #7FDE40

triadic

#CEDE40 #40CEDE #DE40CE

tetradic

#CEDE40 #40DE9F #5040DE #DE407F

square

#CEDE40 #40DE9F #5040DE #DE407F

split-complementary

#CEDE40 #407FDE #9F40DE

monochromatic

#808B18 #B0C021 #CEDE40 #DBE774 #E9F0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#CEDE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE40

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE40	1.00	1.48	14.15	14.15
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBD1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.174 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e87f',
    500: '#cede40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede40;
$custom-light: #e1e87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.076,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86109,
    "c": 0.17446,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE40

secondary

#3B3191

accent

#3AED4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE40

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

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