#CED256#CED256

#CED256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.146 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED256
RGB	rgb(206, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -17.34, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 61.87, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0521 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.146 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1813, 59.8881, 17.7184)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED256 #5A56D2

analogous

#D29856 #CED256 #90D256

triadic

#CED256 #56CED2 #D256CE

tetradic

#CED256 #56D298 #5A56D2 #D25690

square

#CED256 #56D298 #5A56D2 #D25690

split-complementary

#CED256 #5690D2 #9856D2

monochromatic

#868925 #B5B931 #CED256 #DCDF86 #EAECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CED256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#CED256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED256

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED256	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.146 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0df8a',
    500: '#ced256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced256;
$custom-light: #e0df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83692,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED256

secondary

#3F3D90

accent

#47E14C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED256

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

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