#CED957#CED957

#CED957 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.153 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED957
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -20.71, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 64.45, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.0615 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.153 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.9880, 63.4366, 18.5208)
Luminance	0.6344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED957 #6257D9

analogous

#D9A357 #CED957 #8DD957

triadic

#CED957 #57CED9 #D957CE

tetradic

#CED957 #57D9A3 #6257D9 #D9578D

square

#CED957 #57D9A3 #6257D9 #D9578D

split-complementary

#CED957 #578DD9 #A357D9

monochromatic

#8A9421 #B9C62D #CED957 #DDE489 #EBF0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CED957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#CED957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED957

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED957	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.153 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e48c',
    500: '#ced957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced957;
$custom-light: #e0e48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.077,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85209,
    "c": 0.15289,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED957

secondary

#433B99

accent

#42E650

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED957

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

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