#CED851#CED851

#CED851 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.156 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED851
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 81)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.35, -20.63, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.35, 66.47, 108.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.94% -0.0618 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(84.94% 0.156 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.4960, 62.8286, 17.1974)
Luminance	0.6283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED851 #5B51D8

analogous

#D89E51 #CED851 #8BD851

triadic

#CED851 #51CED8 #D851CE

tetradic

#CED851 #51D89E #5B51D8 #D8518B

square

#CED851 #51D89E #5B51D8 #D8518B

split-complementary

#CED851 #518BD8 #9E51D8

monochromatic

#868F20 #B6C12B #CED851 #DCE383 #EAEEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CED851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#CED851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED851

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED851	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.156 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e388',
    500: '#ced851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced851;
$custom-light: #e0e388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84937,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED851

secondary

#403994

accent

#41E64E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED851

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

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