#CED85A#CED85A

#CED85A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.149 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED85A
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 90)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 58.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -20.01, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 62.76, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.0592 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.149 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8561, 62.9727, 19.0941)
Luminance	0.6297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED85A #645AD8

analogous

#D8A35A #CED85A #8FD85A

triadic

#CED85A #5ACED8 #D85ACE

tetradic

#CED85A #5AD8A3 #645AD8 #D85A8F

square

#CED85A #5AD8A3 #645AD8 #D85A8F

split-complementary

#CED85A #5A8FD8 #A35AD8

monochromatic

#8C9523 #BAC62F #CED85A #DDE48B #EBEFBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#CED85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED85A

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED85A	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	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)

#E7CF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.149 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e38d',
    500: '#ced85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced85a;
$custom-light: #e0e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85022,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED85A

secondary

#443D99

accent

#43E550

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED85A

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

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