#CED542#CED542

#CED542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.611; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.164 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED542
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.44, -20.04, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.44, 70.94, 106.41°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0617 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.164 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.2328, 61.1048, 14.3015)
Luminance	0.6110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED542 #4942D5

analogous

#D59242 #CED542 #85D542

triadic

#CED542 #42CED5 #D542CE

tetradic

#CED542 #42D592 #4942D5 #D54285

square

#CED542 #42D592 #4942D5 #D54285

split-complementary

#CED542 #4285D5 #9242D5

monochromatic

#7B801C #ACB228 #CED542 #DBE074 #E8EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#CED542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.22

#CED542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED542

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED542	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)

#E5CB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.164 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e17f',
    500: '#ced542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced542;
$custom-light: #e0e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84169,
    "c": 0.16376,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED542

secondary

#383487

accent

#41E749

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED542

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

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