#CED85B#CED85B

#CED85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.148 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED85B
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.44, -19.93, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.44, 62.33, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0589 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.148 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.8990, 62.9898, 19.3198)
Luminance	0.6299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED85B #655BD8

analogous

#D8A35B #CED85B #8FD85B

triadic

#CED85B #5BCED8 #D85BCE

tetradic

#CED85B #5BD8A3 #655BD8 #D85B8F

square

#CED85B #5BD8A3 #655BD8 #D85B8F

split-complementary

#CED85B #5B8FD8 #A35BD8

monochromatic

#8C9523 #BAC72F #CED85B #DDE48C #ECF0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CED85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED85B

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED85B	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.148 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe38e',
    500: '#ced85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced85b;
$custom-light: #dfe38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.8,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85032,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED85B

secondary

#453D9A

accent

#1CC92A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED85B

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

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