#CEDE55#CEDE55

#CEDE55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.160 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE55
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.01, -23.27, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.01, 67.45, 110.18°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0689 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.16 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2157, 66.0210, 18.5325)
Luminance	0.6602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE55 #6555DE

analogous

#DEA955 #CEDE55 #8ADE55

triadic

#CEDE55 #55CEDE #DE55CE

tetradic

#CEDE55 #55DEA9 #6555DE #DE558A

square

#CEDE55 #55DEA9 #6555DE #DE558A

split-complementary

#CEDE55 #558ADE #A955DE

monochromatic

#8C9B1E #BACE28 #CEDE55 #DDE888 #ECF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#CEDE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE55

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE55	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.160 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e88b',
    500: '#cede55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede55;
$custom-light: #e0e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86273,
    "c": 0.16012,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE55

secondary

#45399E

accent

#16CF2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE55

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

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