#CED255#CED255

#CED255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.147 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED255
RGB	rgb(206, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 60%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 59.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -17.41, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 62.29, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0524 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.147 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1413, 59.8721, 17.5077)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED255 #5955D2

analogous

#D29755 #CED255 #8FD255

triadic

#CED255 #55CED2 #D255CE

tetradic

#CED255 #55D297 #5955D2 #D2558F

square

#CED255 #55D297 #5955D2 #D2558F

split-complementary

#CED255 #558FD2 #9755D2

monochromatic

#858824 #B5B931 #CED255 #DCDF85 #EAECB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CED255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#CED255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED255

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED255	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.147 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0df8a',
    500: '#ced255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced255;
$custom-light: #e0df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.92,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83682,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED255

secondary

#3F3C8F

accent

#46E14B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED255

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

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