Palettes / Colors / #CED41A

#CED41A — Vivid Yellow

#CED41A is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color GoldenRod (#DAA520). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: goldenrod (#DAA520) — not an exact match. CSS goldenrod gives you #DAA520, a different color; use #CED41A when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CED41A is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #211AD5; it also sits naturally between #D57E1A and #72D51A. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 83% · Blue 10%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 88% · Key 17%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #CED41A

.text { color: #CED41A; }
.background { background-color: #CED41A; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CED41A; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 212, 26); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 78%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CED41A; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 212, 26, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CED41A; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 212, 26, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CED41A">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CED41A">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CED41A

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Tones of #CED41A

Color harmonies

Complementary — #211AD5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CED41A: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CED41A

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #CED41A looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CED41A rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CED419  ·  #CED41B →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CED41A?

#CED41A is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 206, 212, 26). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CED41A?

#CED41A is RGB 206, 212, 26 — HSL 62°, 78%, 47% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 88%, 17%.

What colors go with #CED41A?

Its complement is #211AD5; analogous partners are #D57E1A and #72D51A. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CED41A for text?

Black text on #CED41A has a contrast ratio of 13.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.61:1.