#CEDE42#CEDE42

#CEDE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.173 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE42
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -24.40, 70.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 74.55, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(86.12% -0.0738 0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(86.12% 0.173 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.5596, 65.7586, 15.0771)
Luminance	0.6576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE42 #5242DE

analogous

#DEA042 #CEDE42 #80DE42

triadic

#CEDE42 #42CEDE #DE42CE

tetradic

#CEDE42 #42DEA0 #5242DE #DE4280

square

#CEDE42 #42DEA0 #5242DE #DE4280

split-complementary

#CEDE42 #4280DE #A042DE

monochromatic

#818D19 #B1C122 #CEDE42 #DCE776 #E9F0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#CEDE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE42

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE42	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)

#EED326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBD1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.173 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e880',
    500: '#cede42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede42;
$custom-light: #e1e880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86123,
    "c": 0.17326,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE42

secondary

#3C3292

accent

#3BED4D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE42

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

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