#CED942#CED942

#CED942 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.168 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED942
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -21.99, 69.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 72.53, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0671 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.168 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.2513, 63.1419, 14.6410)
Luminance	0.6314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED942 #4D42D9

analogous

#D99842 #CED942 #82D942

triadic

#CED942 #42CED9 #D942CE

tetradic

#CED942 #42D998 #4D42D9 #D94282

square

#CED942 #42D998 #4D42D9 #D94282

split-complementary

#CED942 #4282D9 #9842D9

monochromatic

#7E861B #AEB925 #CED942 #DBE375 #E8EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#CED942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED942

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED942	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.168 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e480',
    500: '#ced942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced942;
$custom-light: #e0e480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.371,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85035,
    "c": 0.16793,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED942

secondary

#3A338C

accent

#3EE94B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED942

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

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