#CED57E#CED57E

#CED57E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.622; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.111 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED57E
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 126)
HSL	hsl(65, 51%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(65, 41%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 40.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.03, -15.27, 42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.03, 44.81, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0423 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.111 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.0143, 62.2175, 28.9510)
Luminance	0.6222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED57E #857ED5

analogous

#D5B17E #CED57E #A3D57E

triadic

#CED57E #7ECED5 #D57ECE

tetradic

#CED57E #7ED5B1 #857ED5 #D57EA3

square

#CED57E #7ED5B1 #857ED5 #D57EA3

split-complementary

#CED57E #7EA3D5 #B17ED5

monochromatic

#9BA335 #BCC650 #CED57E #E0E4AC #F1F3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CED57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.44

#CED57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED57E

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED57E	1.00	1.56	13.44	13.44
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CE77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D082

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.111 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee1a5',
    500: '#ced57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced57e;
$custom-light: #dee1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.828,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84835,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED57E

secondary

#5750A8

accent

#27BE33

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF6

border

#D5D5D0

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED57E

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

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