#CED257#CED257

#CED257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.145 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED257
RGB	rgb(206, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 58.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -17.27, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 61.45, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.0518 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.145 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2218, 59.9043, 17.9321)
Luminance	0.5990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED257 #5B57D2

analogous

#D29857 #CED257 #90D257

triadic

#CED257 #57CED2 #D257CE

tetradic

#CED257 #57D298 #5B57D2 #D25790

square

#CED257 #57D298 #5B57D2 #D25790

split-complementary

#CED257 #5790D2 #9857D2

monochromatic

#868A25 #B6BA32 #CED257 #DCDF87 #EAECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CED257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#CED257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED257

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED257	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)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.145 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0df8b',
    500: '#ced257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced257;
$custom-light: #e0df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.951,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83702,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED257

secondary

#403D90

accent

#47E14C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED257

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

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