#CED740#CED740

#CED740 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.167 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED740
RGB	rgb(206, 215, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 70.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -21.11, 69.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 72.43, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% -0.0649 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.167 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6810, 62.0940, 14.1651)
Luminance	0.6209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED740 #4940D7

analogous

#D79440 #CED740 #83D740

triadic

#CED740 #40CED7 #D740CE

tetradic

#CED740 #40D794 #4940D7 #D74083

square

#CED740 #40D794 #4940D7 #D74083

split-complementary

#CED740 #4083D7 #9440D7

monochromatic

#7B811B #ACB426 #CED740 #DBE273 #E8ECA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CED740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#CED740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED740

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED740	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 215, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.167 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e37e',
    500: '#ced740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced740;
$custom-light: #e1e37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.576,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84588,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED740

secondary

#383388

accent

#3FE84A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED740

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

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