#CED642#CED642

#CED642 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.165 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED642
RGB	rgb(206, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -20.53, 68.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 71.33, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.063 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.165 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4851, 61.6094, 14.3856)
Luminance	0.6161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED642 #4A42D6

analogous

#D69442 #CED642 #84D642

triadic

#CED642 #42CED6 #D642CE

tetradic

#CED642 #42D694 #4A42D6 #D64284

square

#CED642 #42D694 #4A42D6 #D64284

split-complementary

#CED642 #4284D6 #9442D6

monochromatic

#7C821C #ACB427 #CED642 #DBE174 #E8ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CED642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#CED642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED642

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED642	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.165 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e27f',
    500: '#ced642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced642;
$custom-light: #e0e27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.243,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84386,
    "c": 0.16479,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED642

secondary

#383488

accent

#40E749

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED642

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

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