#CED72E#CED72E

#CED72E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.619; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.177 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED72E
RGB	rgb(206, 215, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 78.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.87, -21.87, 74.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.87, 78.00, 106.29°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.0685 0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.177 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2489, 61.9211, 11.8892)
Luminance	0.6192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED72E #372ED7

analogous

#D78B2E #CED72E #79D72E

triadic

#CED72E #2ECED7 #D72ECE

tetradic

#CED72E #2ED78B #372ED7 #D72E79

square

#CED72E #2ED78B #372ED7 #D72E79

split-complementary

#CED72E #2E79D7 #8B2ED7

monochromatic

#6F7416 #A0A820 #CED72E #DAE161 #E6EB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CED72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.38

#CED72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED72E

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED72E	1.00	1.57	13.38	13.38
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 215, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.177 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e376',
    500: '#ced72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced72e;
$custom-light: #e1e376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.195,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84485,
    "c": 0.17654,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED72E

secondary

#312C7D

accent

#3DEB46

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED72E

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

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