#CED159#CED159

#CED159 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.142 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED159
RGB	rgb(206, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -16.63, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 60.16, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0497 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.142 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0586, 59.4452, 18.2864)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED159 #5C59D1

analogous

#D19859 #CED159 #92D159

triadic

#CED159 #59CED1 #D159CE

tetradic

#CED159 #59D198 #5C59D1 #D15992

square

#CED159 #59D198 #5C59D1 #D15992

split-complementary

#CED159 #5992D1 #9859D1

monochromatic

#878926 #B6B933 #CED159 #DCDE89 #EAECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CED159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#CED159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED159

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED159	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.142 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfde8c',
    500: '#ced159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced159;
$custom-light: #dfde8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83507,
    "c": 0.14237,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED159

secondary

#403E90

accent

#48E04C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED159

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

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