#CED440#CED440

#CED440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.164 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED440
RGB	rgb(206, 212, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -19.65, 68.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 71.26, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0608 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.164 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9241, 60.5802, 13.9128)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED440 #4640D4

analogous

#D49040 #CED440 #84D440

triadic

#CED440 #40CED4 #D440CE

tetradic

#CED440 #40D490 #4640D4 #D44084

square

#CED440 #40D490 #4640D4 #D44084

split-complementary

#CED440 #4084D4 #9040D4

monochromatic

#797D1C #AAAF27 #CED440 #DBDF72 #E8EAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CED440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#CED440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED440

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED440	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 212, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.164 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17e',
    500: '#ced440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced440;
$custom-light: #e0e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.432,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83939,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED440

secondary

#373385

accent

#42E648

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED440

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

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