#CEDE72#CEDE72

#CEDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.134 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE72
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(69, 49%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 48.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.29, -20.92, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.29, 54.88, 112.41°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0594 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.134 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.6128, 66.5799, 25.8905)
Luminance	0.6658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE72 #8272DE

analogous

#DEB872 #CEDE72 #98DE72

triadic

#CEDE72 #72CEDE #DE72CE

tetradic

#CEDE72 #72DEB8 #8272DE #DE7298

square

#CEDE72 #72DEB8 #8272DE #DE7298

split-complementary

#CEDE72 #7298DE #B872DE

monochromatic

#99AD29 #BDD240 #CEDE72 #DFEAA4 #F0F5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CEDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#CEDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE72

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE72	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.134 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe89d',
    500: '#cede72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede72;
$custom-light: #dfe89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86592,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE72

secondary

#5545AF

accent

#1CCA35

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE72

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

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