#CED85D#CED85D

#CED85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.147 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED85D
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 93)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 56.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -19.78, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 61.47, 108.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.05% -0.0582 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(85.05% 0.147 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.9864, 63.0248, 19.7802)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED85D #675DD8

analogous

#D8A45D #CED85D #90D85D

triadic

#CED85D #5DCED8 #D85DCE

tetradic

#CED85D #5DD8A4 #675DD8 #D85D90

square

#CED85D #5DD8A4 #675DD8 #D85D90

split-complementary

#CED85D #5D90D8 #A45DD8

monochromatic

#8D9624 #BBC830 #CED85D #DDE48E #ECF0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CED85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED85D

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED85D	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)

#E6CF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.147 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe38f',
    500: '#ced85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced85d;
$custom-light: #dfe38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.878,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85053,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED85D

secondary

#463E9B

accent

#1DC92B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED85D

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

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