#CEDE5E#CEDE5E

#CEDE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.153 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE5E
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(68, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 57.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.08, -22.63, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.08, 63.74, 110.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0662 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.153 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5963, 66.1732, 20.5368)
Luminance	0.6617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE5E #6E5EDE

analogous

#DEAE5E #CEDE5E #8EDE5E

triadic

#CEDE5E #5ECEDE #DE5ECE

tetradic

#CEDE5E #5EDEAE #6E5EDE #DE5E8E

square

#CEDE5E #5EDEAE #6E5EDE #DE5E8E

split-complementary

#CEDE5E #5E8EDE #AE5EDE

monochromatic

#91A121 #BED32B #CEDE5E #DDE891 #EDF3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#CEDE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE5E

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE5E	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAD3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.153 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe890',
    500: '#cede5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede5e;
$custom-light: #dfe890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8636,
    "c": 0.15284,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE5E

secondary

#493CA4

accent

#18CE2E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE5E

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

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