#CED561#CED561

#CED561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.140 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED561
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 54.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.69, -18.00, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.69, 58.39, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0528 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.14 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4067, 61.5744, 20.4840)
Luminance	0.6157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED561 #6861D5

analogous

#D5A261 #CED561 #94D561

triadic

#CED561 #61CED5 #D561CE

tetradic

#CED561 #61D5A2 #6861D5 #D56194

square

#CED561 #61D5A2 #6861D5 #D56194

split-complementary

#CED561 #6194D5 #A261D5

monochromatic

#8E9427 #BCC534 #CED561 #DDE291 #ECEFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CED561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#CED561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED561

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED561	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.140 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe191',
    500: '#ced561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced561;
$custom-light: #dfe191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.621,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84451,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED561

secondary

#464199

accent

#20C62A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED561

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

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