#CED261#CED261

#CED261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED261
RGB	rgb(206, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(62, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -16.51, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 57.07, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0486 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.136 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6591, 60.0792, 20.2348)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED261 #6561D2

analogous

#D29E61 #CED261 #95D261

triadic

#CED261 #61CED2 #D261CE

tetradic

#CED261 #61D29E #6561D2 #D26195

square

#CED261 #61D29E #6561D2 #D26195

split-complementary

#CED261 #6195D2 #9E61D2

monochromatic

#8C9029 #BABF36 #CED261 #DDE091 #ECEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CED261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#CED261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED261

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED261	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf91',
    500: '#ced261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced261;
$custom-light: #dfdf91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.124,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83808,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED261

secondary

#454296

accent

#22C328

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED261

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

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