#CEDE56#CEDE56

#CEDE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.159 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE56
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 61.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.02, -23.21, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.02, 67.05, 110.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.28% -0.0686 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(86.28% 0.159 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.2557, 66.0370, 18.7432)
Luminance	0.6604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE56 #6656DE

analogous

#DEAA56 #CEDE56 #8ADE56

triadic

#CEDE56 #56CEDE #DE56CE

tetradic

#CEDE56 #56DEAA #6656DE #DE568A

square

#CEDE56 #56DEAA #6656DE #DE568A

split-complementary

#CEDE56 #568ADE #AA56DE

monochromatic

#8D9B1E #BBCE28 #CEDE56 #DDE889 #ECF2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#CEDE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE56

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE56	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.159 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e88b',
    500: '#cede56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede56;
$custom-light: #e0e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86282,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE56

secondary

#45399F

accent

#16CF2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE56

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

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