#CED421#CED421

#CED421 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.179 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED421
RGB	rgb(206, 212, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 73%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 84%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 84.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.01, -20.80, 77.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.01, 80.06, 105.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% -0.0663 0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.179 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2734, 60.3199, 10.4859)
Luminance	0.6032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED421 #2721D4

analogous

#D48021 #CED421 #75D421

triadic

#CED421 #21CED4 #D421CE

tetradic

#CED421 #21D480 #2721D4 #D42175

square

#CED421 #21D480 #2721D4 #D42175

split-complementary

#CED421 #2175D4 #8021D4

monochromatic

#676A11 #9B9F19 #CED421 #DFE44F #E8EC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CED421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#CED421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED421

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED421	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 212, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.179 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e071',
    500: '#ced421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced421;
$custom-light: #e1e071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.011,
    "s": 73.061,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83782,
    "c": 0.17861,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED421

secondary

#282574

accent

#38F03E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#161509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED421

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

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