#CED557#CED557

#CED557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.148 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED557
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -18.75, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 62.72, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0559 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.148 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9694, 61.3995, 18.1813)
Luminance	0.6140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED557 #5E57D5

analogous

#D59D57 #CED557 #8FD557

triadic

#CED557 #57CED5 #D557CE

tetradic

#CED557 #57D59D #5E57D5 #D5578F

square

#CED557 #57D59D #5E57D5 #D5578F

split-complementary

#CED557 #578FD5 #9D57D5

monochromatic

#888E24 #B7BF30 #CED557 #DCE188 #EBEDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CED557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#CED557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED557

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED557	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.148 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e18b',
    500: '#ced557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced557;
$custom-light: #e0e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84346,
    "c": 0.14843,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED557

secondary

#413C94

accent

#45E34D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED557

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

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