#CED85E#CED85E

#CED85E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.146 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED85E
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 56.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -19.71, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 61.04, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% -0.0579 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.146 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0310, 63.0426, 20.0150)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED85E #685ED8

analogous

#D8A55E #CED85E #91D85E

triadic

#CED85E #5ECED8 #D85ECE

tetradic

#CED85E #5ED8A5 #685ED8 #D85E91

square

#CED85E #5ED8A5 #685ED8 #D85E91

split-complementary

#CED85E #5E91D8 #A55ED8

monochromatic

#8E9725 #BCC831 #CED85E #DDE48F #ECF0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#CED85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED85E

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED85E	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.146 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe390',
    500: '#ced85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced85e;
$custom-light: #dfe390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.918,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85064,
    "c": 0.14588,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED85E

secondary

#463F9C

accent

#1DC92B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED85E

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

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