#CED459#CED459

#CED459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.146 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED459
RGB	rgb(206, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -18.11, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 61.44, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0539 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.146 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.8015, 60.9311, 18.5340)
Luminance	0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED459 #5F59D4

analogous

#D49D59 #CED459 #91D459

triadic

#CED459 #59CED4 #D459CE

tetradic

#CED459 #59D49D #5F59D4 #D45991

square

#CED459 #59D49D #5F59D4 #D45991

split-complementary

#CED459 #5991D4 #9D59D4

monochromatic

#898E25 #B8BE31 #CED459 #DCE18A #EBEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CED459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#CED459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED459

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED459	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.146 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e18c',
    500: '#ced459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced459;
$custom-light: #e0e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.927,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84151,
    "c": 0.14567,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED459

secondary

#423E94

accent

#46E24D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED459

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

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