#CED251#CED251

#CED251 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.150 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED251
RGB	rgb(206, 210, 81)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -17.68, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 63.96, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0535 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.15 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.9868, 59.8103, 16.6943)
Luminance	0.5981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED251 #5551D2

analogous

#D29551 #CED251 #8ED251

triadic

#CED251 #51CED2 #D251CE

tetradic

#CED251 #51D295 #5551D2 #D2518E

square

#CED251 #51D295 #5551D2 #D2518E

split-complementary

#CED251 #518ED2 #9551D2

monochromatic

#838623 #B2B72F #CED251 #DCDF82 #E9EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CED251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#CED251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED251

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED251	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 210, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.150 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0df87',
    500: '#ced251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced251;
$custom-light: #e0df87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.86,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83644,
    "c": 0.14998,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED251

secondary

#3D3B8D

accent

#46E24B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED251

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

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