#CED855#CED855

#CED855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.153 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED855
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -20.36, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 64.84, 108.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0607 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.153 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6504, 62.8904, 18.0108)
Luminance	0.6289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED855 #5F55D8

analogous

#D8A155 #CED855 #8DD855

triadic

#CED855 #55CED8 #D855CE

tetradic

#CED855 #55D8A1 #5F55D8 #D8558D

square

#CED855 #55D8A1 #5F55D8 #D8558D

split-complementary

#CED855 #558DD8 #A155D8

monochromatic

#899121 #B8C32D #CED855 #DCE387 #EBEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CED855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#CED855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED855

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED855	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCCBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.153 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e38a',
    500: '#ced855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced855;
$custom-light: #e0e38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84974,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED855

secondary

#423B96

accent

#42E64F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED855

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

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