#CED856#CED856

#CED856 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	#CED856
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.39, -20.29, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.39, 64.43, 108.36°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0604 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.153 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6904, 62.9064, 18.2215)
Luminance	0.6290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED856 #6056D8

analogous

#D8A156 #CED856 #8DD856

triadic

#CED856 #56CED8 #D856CE

tetradic

#CED856 #56D8A1 #6056D8 #D8568D

square

#CED856 #56D8A1 #6056D8 #D8568D

split-complementary

#CED856 #568DD8 #A156D8

monochromatic

#899222 #B8C42D #CED856 #DCE388 #EBEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CED856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#CED856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED856

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED856	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)

#E7CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.153 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e38b',
    500: '#ced856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced856;
$custom-light: #e0e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84983,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED856

secondary

#423B97

accent

#42E64F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED856

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

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