#CED038#CED038

#CED038 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.165 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED038
RGB	rgb(206, 208, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -18.05, 70.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 72.45, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.057 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.165 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7250, 58.5205, 12.4695)
Luminance	0.5852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED038 #3A38D0

analogous

#D08638 #CED038 #82D038

triadic

#CED038 #38CED0 #D038CE

tetradic

#CED038 #38D086 #3A38D0 #D03882

square

#CED038 #38D086 #3A38D0 #D03882

split-complementary

#CED038 #3882D0 #8638D0

monochromatic

#71731B #A2A427 #CED038 #DADC6A #E6E79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CED038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CED038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED038

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED038	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 208, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.165 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1de7a',
    500: '#ced038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced038;
$custom-light: #e1de7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.789,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83025,
    "c": 0.16465,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED038

secondary

#32317B

accent

#43E545

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED038

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

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