#CED540#CED540

#CED540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.165 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED540
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.42, -20.14, 68.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.42, 71.65, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0621 0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.165 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1748, 61.0817, 13.9963)
Luminance	0.6108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED540 #4740D5

analogous

#D59240 #CED540 #84D540

triadic

#CED540 #40CED5 #D540CE

tetradic

#CED540 #40D592 #4740D5 #D54084

square

#CED540 #40D592 #4740D5 #D54084

split-complementary

#CED540 #4084D5 #9240D5

monochromatic

#7A7F1C #AAB127 #CED540 #DBE072 #E8EBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CED540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#CED540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED540

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED540	1.00	1.59	13.22	13.22
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.165 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17e',
    500: '#ced540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced540;
$custom-light: #e0e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.819,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84155,
    "c": 0.165,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED540

secondary

#373386

accent

#41E749

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED540

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

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