#CED859#CED859

#CED859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.150 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED859
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -20.08, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 63.18, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.0595 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.15 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8139, 62.9558, 18.8715)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED859 #6359D8

analogous

#D8A259 #CED859 #8FD859

triadic

#CED859 #59CED8 #D859CE

tetradic

#CED859 #59D8A2 #6359D8 #D8598F

square

#CED859 #59D8A2 #6359D8 #D8598F

split-complementary

#CED859 #598FD8 #A259D8

monochromatic

#8B9423 #BAC52E #CED859 #DDE48B #EBEFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CED859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#CED859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED859

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED859	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.150 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e38d',
    500: '#ced859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced859;
$custom-light: #e0e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.724,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85012,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED859

secondary

#443C99

accent

#43E550

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED859

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

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