#CED937#CED937

#CED937 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.174 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED937
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -22.50, 72.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 76.15, 107.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.0695 0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.174 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9576, 63.0244, 13.0943)
Luminance	0.6302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED937 #4237D9

analogous

#D99337 #CED937 #7DD937

triadic

#CED937 #37CED9 #D937CE

tetradic

#CED937 #37D993 #4237D9 #D9377D

square

#CED937 #37D993 #4237D9 #D9377D

split-complementary

#CED937 #377DD9 #9337D9

monochromatic

#777E18 #A7B122 #CED937 #DBE36A #E7ED9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CED937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED937

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED937	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)

#E9CE0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCCCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.174 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1e47a',
    500: '#ced937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced937;
$custom-light: #e1e47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.074,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84966,
    "c": 0.17423,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED937

secondary

#352F85

accent

#3DEB49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED937

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

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