#CED857#CED857

#CED857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.152 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED857
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -20.22, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 64.02, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0601 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.152 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7310, 62.9226, 18.4351)
Luminance	0.6292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED857 #6157D8

analogous

#D8A257 #CED857 #8ED857

triadic

#CED857 #57CED8 #D857CE

tetradic

#CED857 #57D8A2 #6157D8 #D8578E

square

#CED857 #57D8A2 #6157D8 #D8578E

split-complementary

#CED857 #578ED8 #A257D8

monochromatic

#8A9322 #B9C42E #CED857 #DCE489 #EBEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CED857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#CED857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED857

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED857	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)

#E7CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.152 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e38b',
    500: '#ced857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced857;
$custom-light: #e0e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.651,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84993,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED857

secondary

#433C98

accent

#42E54F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED857

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

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