#CED242#CED242

#CED242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.161 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED242
RGB	rgb(206, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -18.56, 67.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 69.76, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0575 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.161 111)
XYZ	xyz(49.4852, 59.6096, 14.0523)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED242 #4642D2

analogous

#D28E42 #CED242 #86D242

triadic

#CED242 #42CED2 #D242CE

tetradic

#CED242 #42D28E #4642D2 #D24286

square

#CED242 #42D28E #4642D2 #D24286

split-complementary

#CED242 #4286D2 #8E42D2

monochromatic

#797C1E #AAAD29 #CED242 #DBDE73 #E8EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CED242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#CED242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED242

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED242	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)

#E2C92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.161 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0df7f',
    500: '#ced242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced242;
$custom-light: #e0df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83522,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.59608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED242

secondary

#373484

accent

#43E548

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED242

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

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