#CED156#CED156

#CED156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.145 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED156
RGB	rgb(206, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 58.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -16.84, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 61.45, 105.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.48% -0.0507 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(83.48% 0.145 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9352, 59.3958, 17.6364)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED156 #5956D1

analogous

#D19656 #CED156 #91D156

triadic

#CED156 #56CED1 #D156CE

tetradic

#CED156 #56D196 #5956D1 #D15691

square

#CED156 #56D196 #5956D1 #D15691

split-complementary

#CED156 #5691D1 #9656D1

monochromatic

#858825 #B5B832 #CED156 #DCDE86 #EAEBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CED156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#CED156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED156

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED156	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.145 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de8a',
    500: '#ced156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced156;
$custom-light: #e0de8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.463,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83477,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED156

secondary

#3F3D8E

accent

#47E04B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED156

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

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