#CED040#CED040

#CED040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.160 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED040
RGB	rgb(206, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -17.68, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 69.71, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0553 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.16 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9365, 58.6051, 13.5836)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED040 #4240D0

analogous

#D08A40 #CED040 #86D040

triadic

#CED040 #40CED0 #D040CE

tetradic

#CED040 #40D08A #4240D0 #D04086

square

#CED040 #40D08A #4240D0 #D04086

split-complementary

#CED040 #4086D0 #8A40D0

monochromatic

#77781E #A7A92A #CED040 #DBDC71 #E7E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CED040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#CED040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED040

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED040	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.160 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de7e',
    500: '#ced040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced040;
$custom-light: #e0de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.833,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83077,
    "c": 0.15991,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED040

secondary

#353480

accent

#44E446

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED040

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

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