#CED042#CED042

#CED042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.159 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED042
RGB	rgb(206, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -17.57, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 68.99, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0548 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.159 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9945, 58.6283, 13.8887)
Luminance	0.5863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED042 #4442D0

analogous

#D08B42 #CED042 #87D042

triadic

#CED042 #42CED0 #D042CE

tetradic

#CED042 #42D08B #4442D0 #D04287

square

#CED042 #42D08B #4442D0 #D04287

split-complementary

#CED042 #4287D0 #8B42D0

monochromatic

#78791E #A9AA2A #CED042 #DBDC73 #E7E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CED042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#CED042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED042

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED042	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.159 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de7f',
    500: '#ced042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced042;
$custom-light: #e0de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.845,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83091,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED042

secondary

#363581

accent

#44E347

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED042

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

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