#CED559#CED559

#CED559 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.147 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED559
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(63, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.61, -18.61, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.61, 61.88, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0553 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.147 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.0523, 61.4326, 18.6176)
Luminance	0.6143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED559 #6059D5

analogous

#D59E59 #CED559 #90D559

triadic

#CED559 #59CED5 #D559CE

tetradic

#CED559 #59D59E #6059D5 #D55990

square

#CED559 #59D59E #6059D5 #D55990

split-complementary

#CED559 #5990D5 #9E59D5

monochromatic

#898F24 #B8C031 #CED559 #DCE18A #EBEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CED559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#CED559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED559

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED559	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBC9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.147 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e18c',
    500: '#ced559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced559;
$custom-light: #e0e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84366,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED559

secondary

#423D95

accent

#45E34E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED559

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

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