Palettes / Colors / #CED810

#CED810 — Vivid Yellow

#CED810 is a yellow color we call Vivid Yellow, closest to the named color Gold (#FFD700). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: gold (#FFD700) — not an exact match. CSS gold gives you #FFD700, a different color; use #CED810 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.

#CED810 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 #1A10D5; it also sits naturally between #D57D10 and #69D510. 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 85% · Blue 6%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 93% · Key 15%

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

Previews

CSS code for #CED810

.text { color: #CED810; }
.background { background-color: #CED810; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CED810; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 216, 16); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 86%, 45%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CED810; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 216, 16, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CED810; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 216, 16, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CED810">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CED810">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CED810

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #1A10D5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CED810: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CED810

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 #CED810 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 #CED810 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

← #CED80F  ·  #CED811 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CED810?

#CED810 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 206, 216, 16). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CED810?

#CED810 is RGB 206, 216, 16 — HSL 63°, 86%, 45% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 93%, 15%.

What colors go with #CED810?

Its complement is #1A10D5; analogous partners are #D57D10 and #69D510. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CED810 for text?

Black text on #CED810 has a contrast ratio of 13.45:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.56:1.