Palettes / Colors / #CED421

#CED421 — Yellow

#CED421 is a yellow color we call 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 #CED421 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.

#CED421 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 #2721D4; it also sits naturally between #D48021 and #74D421. 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 13%

Cyan 3% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 84% · Key 17%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CED421

.text { color: #CED421; }
.background { background-color: #CED421; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CED421; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 212, 33); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(62, 73%, 48%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CED421; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 212, 33, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CED421; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 212, 33, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CED421">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CED421">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CED421

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #2721D4:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CED421: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CED421

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 #CED421 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 #CED421 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

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #CED421?

#CED421 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 206, 212, 33). Its closest standard named color is GoldenRod.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CED421?

#CED421 is RGB 206, 212, 33 — HSL 62°, 73%, 48% — CMYK 3%, 0%, 84%, 17%.

What colors go with #CED421?

Its complement is #2721D4; analogous partners are #D48021 and #74D421. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CED421 for text?

Black text on #CED421 has a contrast ratio of 13.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.61:1.