#CED956#CED956

#CED956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.154 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED956
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.66, -20.78, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.66, 64.87, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.0618 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.154 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9474, 63.4204, 18.3071)
Luminance	0.6342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED956 #6156D9

analogous

#D9A356 #CED956 #8DD956

triadic

#CED956 #56CED9 #D956CE

tetradic

#CED956 #56D9A3 #6156D9 #D9568D

square

#CED956 #56D9A3 #6156D9 #D9568D

split-complementary

#CED956 #568DD9 #A356D9

monochromatic

#8A9321 #B9C52C #CED956 #DCE488 #EBEFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CED956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#CED956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED956

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED956	1.00	1.53	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBCDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.154 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e48b',
    500: '#ced956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced956;
$custom-light: #e0e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.038,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85199,
    "c": 0.15369,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED956

secondary

#433B98

accent

#41E64F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED956

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

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