#CED55E#CED55E

#CED55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.142 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED55E
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 55.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -18.23, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 59.72, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0538 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.142 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.2694, 61.5195, 19.7612)
Luminance	0.6152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED55E #655ED5

analogous

#D5A05E #CED55E #93D55E

triadic

#CED55E #5ECED5 #D55ECE

tetradic

#CED55E #5ED5A0 #655ED5 #D55E93

square

#CED55E #5ED5A0 #655ED5 #D55E93

split-complementary

#CED55E #5E93D5 #A05ED5

monochromatic

#8C9226 #BAC333 #CED55E #DDE28F #ECEEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CED55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#CED55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED55E

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED55E	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.142 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe190',
    500: '#ced55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced55e;
$custom-light: #dfe190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.529,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84418,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED55E

secondary

#453F98

accent

#1FC629

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED55E

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

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