#CEDE5B#CEDE5B

#CEDE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.155 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE5B
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 91)
HSL	hsl(67, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 59%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.06, -22.85, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.06, 65.00, 110.58°)
OKLab	oklab(86.33% -0.0671 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(86.33% 0.155 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4643, 66.1204, 19.8416)
Luminance	0.6612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE5B #6B5BDE

analogous

#DEAD5B #CEDE5B #8DDE5B

triadic

#CEDE5B #5BCEDE #DE5BCE

tetradic

#CEDE5B #5BDEAD #6B5BDE #DE5B8D

square

#CEDE5B #5BDEAD #6B5BDE #DE5B8D

split-complementary

#CEDE5B #5B8DDE #AD5BDE

monochromatic

#8F9F20 #BDD22A #CEDE5B #DDE88E #ECF3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#CEDE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE5B

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE5B	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)

#ECD44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.155 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e88e',
    500: '#cede5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede5b;
$custom-light: #e0e88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.328,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8633,
    "c": 0.15533,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE5B

secondary

#483BA2

accent

#17CE2E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE5B

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

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