#CEDE59#CEDE59

#CEDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.157 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE59
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -23.00, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 65.83, 110.45°)
OKLab	oklab(86.31% -0.0677 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(86.31% 0.157 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3792, 66.0864, 19.3932)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE59 #6959DE

analogous

#DEAB59 #CEDE59 #8BDE59

triadic

#CEDE59 #59CEDE #DE59CE

tetradic

#CEDE59 #59DEAB #6959DE #DE598B

square

#CEDE59 #59DEAB #6959DE #DE598B

split-complementary

#CEDE59 #598BDE #AB59DE

monochromatic

#8E9D1F #BCD029 #CEDE59 #DDE88C #ECF2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#CEDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE59

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE59	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.157 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e88d',
    500: '#cede59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede59;
$custom-light: #e0e88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.218,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8631,
    "c": 0.15696,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE59

secondary

#473AA1

accent

#17CF2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE59

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

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