#CED962#CED962

#CED962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.144 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED962
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.77, -19.88, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.77, 59.74, 109.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.058 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.144 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4721, 63.6302, 21.0706)
Luminance	0.6363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED962 #6D62D9

analogous

#D9A962 #CED962 #93D962

triadic

#CED962 #62CED9 #D962CE

tetradic

#CED962 #62D9A9 #6D62D9 #D96293

square

#CED962 #62D9A9 #6D62D9 #D96293

split-complementary

#CED962 #6293D9 #A962D9

monochromatic

#909B26 #BECC31 #CED962 #DDE593 #EDF1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CED962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#CED962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED962

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED962	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.144 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfe492',
    500: '#ced962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced962;
$custom-light: #dfe492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.546,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85322,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED962

secondary

#49409F

accent

#1DC92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED962

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

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