#CED161#CED161

#CED161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.135 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED161
RGB	rgb(206, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -16.01, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 56.63, 106.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0471 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.135 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4129, 59.5870, 20.1527)
Luminance	0.5959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED161 #6461D1

analogous

#D19C61 #CED161 #96D161

triadic

#CED161 #61CED1 #D161CE

tetradic

#CED161 #61D19C #6461D1 #D16196

square

#CED161 #61D19C #6461D1 #D16196

split-complementary

#CED161 #6196D1 #9C61D1

monochromatic

#8C8E29 #BABE37 #CED161 #DDDF90 #EBEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CED161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#CED161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED161

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED161	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC956

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.135 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfde91',
    500: '#ced161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced161;
$custom-light: #dfde91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.607,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83594,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED161

secondary

#444294

accent

#4ADE4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED161

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

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