#CED137#CED137

#CED137 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.166 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED137
RGB	rgb(206, 209, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 73.7%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -18.59, 70.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 73.14, 104.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0586 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.166 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.9454, 58.9999, 12.4235)
Luminance	0.5900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED137 #3A37D1

analogous

#D18737 #CED137 #81D137

triadic

#CED137 #37CED1 #D137CE

tetradic

#CED137 #37D187 #3A37D1 #D13781

square

#CED137 #37D187 #3A37D1 #D13781

split-complementary

#CED137 #3781D1 #8737D1

monochromatic

#71731A #A2A526 #CED137 #DADC69 #E6E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CED137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CED137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED137

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED137	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 209, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.166 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1de79',
    500: '#ced137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced137;
$custom-light: #e1de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.169,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83234,
    "c": 0.16619,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED137

secondary

#32307C

accent

#42E645

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED137

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

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