#cede55

Color #cede55

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Yellow Green #9acd32 · ΔE 17.3 Nearest Tailwind class lime-300 #bbf451 · ΔE 7.7

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Conversions

HEX

#cede55

RGB

rgb(206, 222, 85)

HSL

hsl(67, 67.5%, 60.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67, 61.7%, 87.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 61.7%, 12.9%)

LAB

lab(85.01, -23.27, 63.31)

LCH

lch(85.01, 67.45, 110.18)

OKLCH

oklch(86.3%, 0.1601, 115.49)

HWB

hwb(67, 33.3%, 12.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6555de

Analogous

#dea955

#cede55

#8ade55

Triadic

#cede55

#55cede

#de55ce

Split-complementary

#cede55

#558ade

#a955de

Tetradic

#cede55

#55de65

#6555de

#de55ce

Square

#cede55

#55dea9

#6555de

#de558a

Shades

Color #cede55 mixed toward black.

#c2d62a

#9bab21

#748119

#4e5611

#272b08

Tints

Color #cede55 mixed toward white.

#d6e471

#dee98e

#e7efaa

#eff4c6

#f7fae3

Tones

Color #cede55 mixed toward gray.

#c5d360

#bdc76c

#b4bc77

#abb083

#a2a58e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.48:1

Aa Black text on this color

14.2:1

Black text reads better on this background (14.2:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d5d588 · ΔE 8.4

Deuteranopia

#d4d391 · ΔE 10.3

Tritanopia

#cfa3a9 · ΔE 42.7

Achromatopsia

#d4d4d4 · ΔE 26.8

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cede55;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cede55]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#cede55 (#cede55) is rgb(206, 222, 85) in RGB.

No, #cede55 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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