#CED742#CED742

#CED742 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.166 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED742
RGB	rgb(206, 215, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 69.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -21.01, 68.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 71.73, 107.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0644 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.166 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7389, 62.1172, 14.4702)
Luminance	0.6212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED742 #4B42D7

analogous

#D79542 #CED742 #84D742

triadic

#CED742 #42CED7 #D742CE

tetradic

#CED742 #42D795 #4B42D7 #D74284

square

#CED742 #42D795 #4B42D7 #D74284

split-complementary

#CED742 #4284D7 #9542D7

monochromatic

#7D831C #ADB526 #CED742 #DBE275 #E8ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CED742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#CED742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED742

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED742	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)

#E7CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 215, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.166 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e37f',
    500: '#ced742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced742;
$custom-light: #e0e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.624,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84602,
    "c": 0.16584,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED742

secondary

#39348A

accent

#40E84A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED742

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

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