#CED442#CED442

#CED442 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.163 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED442
RGB	rgb(206, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -19.55, 67.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 70.55, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.95% -0.0603 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(83.95% 0.163 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.9820, 60.6033, 14.2179)
Luminance	0.6060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED442 #4842D4

analogous

#D49142 #CED442 #85D442

triadic

#CED442 #42CED4 #D442CE

tetradic

#CED442 #42D491 #4842D4 #D44285

square

#CED442 #42D491 #4842D4 #D44285

split-complementary

#CED442 #4285D4 #9142D4

monochromatic

#7B7F1D #ABB128 #CED442 #DBDF74 #E8EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#CED442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#CED442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED442

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED442	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)

#E4CA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC7B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.163 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17f',
    500: '#ced442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced442;
$custom-light: #e0e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.466,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83953,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED442

secondary

#373486

accent

#42E649

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED442

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

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