#CED157#CED157

#CED157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.144 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED157
RGB	rgb(206, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 58.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -16.77, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 61.02, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.49% -0.0504 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.49% 0.144 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9757, 59.4121, 17.8501)
Luminance	0.5941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED157 #5A57D1

analogous

#D19757 #CED157 #91D157

triadic

#CED157 #57CED1 #D157CE

tetradic

#CED157 #57D197 #5A57D1 #D15791

square

#CED157 #57D197 #5A57D1 #D15791

split-complementary

#CED157 #5791D1 #9757D1

monochromatic

#868825 #B5B832 #CED157 #DCDE87 #EAEBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CED157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#CED157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED157

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED157	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)

#E0C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.144 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0de8b',
    500: '#ced157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced157;
$custom-light: #e0de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.475,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83487,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED157

secondary

#3F3D8F

accent

#48E04B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED157

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

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