#CEDE5A#CEDE5A

#CEDE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.156 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE5A
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 90)
HSL	hsl(67, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 59.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -22.93, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 65.41, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.0674 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.156 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4214, 66.1033, 19.6159)
Luminance	0.6610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE5A #6A5ADE

analogous

#DEAC5A #CEDE5A #8CDE5A

triadic

#CEDE5A #5ACEDE #DE5ACE

tetradic

#CEDE5A #5ADEAC #6A5ADE #DE5A8C

square

#CEDE5A #5ADEAC #6A5ADE #DE5A8C

split-complementary

#CEDE5A #5A8CDE #AC5ADE

monochromatic

#8F9E20 #BDD12A #CEDE5A #DDE88D #ECF2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#CEDE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE5A

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE5A	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)

#ECD44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.156 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e88e',
    500: '#cede5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede5a;
$custom-light: #e0e88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8632,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE5A

secondary

#473BA1

accent

#17CF2D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE5A

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

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