#CED842#CED842

#CED842 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.167 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED842
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.25, -21.50, 68.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.25, 72.13, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.0658 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.167 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9943, 62.6280, 14.5553)
Luminance	0.6263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED842 #4C42D8

analogous

#D89742 #CED842 #83D842

triadic

#CED842 #42CED8 #D842CE

tetradic

#CED842 #42D897 #4C42D8 #D84283

square

#CED842 #42D897 #4C42D8 #D84283

split-complementary

#CED842 #4283D8 #9742D8

monochromatic

#7D841B #ADB726 #CED842 #DBE275 #E8EDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CED842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.53

#CED842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED842

13.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED842	1.00	1.55	13.53	13.53
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.167 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e380',
    500: '#ced842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced842;
$custom-light: #e0e380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84819,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED842

secondary

#39338B

accent

#3FE94A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED842

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

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