#CEDE79#CEDE79

#CEDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.127 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE79
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(70, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 45.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -20.24, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 51.63, 113.08°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.0569 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.127 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.0266, 66.7454, 28.0698)
Luminance	0.6674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE79 #8979DE

analogous

#DEBC79 #CEDE79 #9CDE79

triadic

#CEDE79 #79CEDE #DE79CE

tetradic

#CEDE79 #79DEBC #8979DE #DE799C

square

#CEDE79 #79DEBC #8979DE #DE799C

split-complementary

#CEDE79 #799CDE #BC79DE

monochromatic

#9CB12C #BCD248 #CEDE79 #E0EAAA #F2F6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CEDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#CEDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE79

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE79	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.127 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee8a1',
    500: '#cede79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede79;
$custom-light: #dee8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.505,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86686,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE79

secondary

#5948B3

accent

#1DC838

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15160F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE79

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

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