#CED162#CED162

#CED162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.134 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED162
RGB	rgb(206, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 53%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 53.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -15.93, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 56.18, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0468 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.134 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4599, 59.6057, 20.3998)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED162 #6562D1

analogous

#D19D62 #CED162 #96D162

triadic

#CED162 #62CED1 #D162CE

tetradic

#CED162 #62D19D #6562D1 #D16296

square

#CED162 #62D19D #6562D1 #D16296

split-complementary

#CED162 #6296D1 #9D62D1

monochromatic

#8C8F2A #BABE38 #CED162 #DDDF91 #ECEDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CED162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#CED162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED162

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED162	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)

#DFC957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.134 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfde92',
    500: '#ced162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced162;
$custom-light: #dfde92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83606,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED162

secondary

#454295

accent

#23C228

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED162

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

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