#CEDE51#CEDE51

#CEDE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.163 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE51
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 81)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 63.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.98, -23.54, 64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.98, 69.04, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.07 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.163 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0613, 65.9592, 17.7192)
Luminance	0.6596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE51 #6151DE

analogous

#DEA851 #CEDE51 #87DE51

triadic

#CEDE51 #51CEDE #DE51CE

tetradic

#CEDE51 #51DEA8 #6151DE #DE5187

square

#CEDE51 #51DEA8 #6151DE #DE5187

split-complementary

#CEDE51 #5187DE #A851DE

monochromatic

#8A981D #B9CB27 #CEDE51 #DCE884 #EBF2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.19

#CEDE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE51

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE51	1.00	1.48	14.19	14.19
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.163 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e888',
    500: '#cede51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede51;
$custom-light: #e0e888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.809,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86238,
    "c": 0.16315,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE51

secondary

#43379C

accent

#3DEB51

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE51

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

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