#CED840#CED840

#CED840 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.168 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED840
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.23, -21.60, 69.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.23, 72.83, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0662 0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.168 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9364, 62.6048, 14.2502)
Luminance	0.6260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED840 #4A40D8

analogous

#D89640 #CED840 #82D840

triadic

#CED840 #40CED8 #D840CE

tetradic

#CED840 #40D896 #4A40D8 #D84082

square

#CED840 #40D896 #4A40D8 #D84082

split-complementary

#CED840 #4082D8 #9640D8

monochromatic

#7C831B #ACB625 #CED840 #DBE273 #E8EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CED840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#CED840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED840

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED840	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.168 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e37f',
    500: '#ced840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced840;
$custom-light: #e1e37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.947,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84805,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED840

secondary

#38338A

accent

#3FE94A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED840

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

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