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#CED900 — Vivid Yellow

#CED900 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 #CED900 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.

#CED900 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 #0B00DB; it also sits naturally between #DB7900 and #63DB00. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CED900 · RGB 206, 217, 0

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Color values

HEX#CED900
RGB206, 217, 0
HSL63°, 100%, 43%
HSV63°, 100%, 85%
CMYK5%, 0%, 100%, 15%
XYZ50.27, 62.75, 9.46
Yxy62.75, 0.4104, 0.5123
CIE-Lab83.31, -23.71, 82.64
Hunter Lab79.21, -21.46, 45.75

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 85% · Blue 0%

Cyan 5% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 100% · Key 15%

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

Previews

Sample text in #CED900 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CED900 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CED900

.text { color: #CED900; }
.background { background-color: #CED900; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CED900; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 217, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(63, 100%, 43%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CED900; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 217, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CED900; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 217, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CED900">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CED900">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CED900

#BDC700#AAB300#969E00#838A00#747A00#616600#4E5200#3A3D00#272900#131400

Tints of #CED900

#E9F500#F3FF14#F5FF2E#F6FF47#F7FF66#F9FF80#FAFF99#FBFFB3#FDFFD1#FEFFEB

Tones of #CED900

#C3CC0F#B4BC20#A6AC2F#989D3F#8A8D4E#7B7D5E

Color harmonies

Complementary — #0B00DB:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.55:1 Fails
Against black text13.55:1 AAA

Best text color on #CED900: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CED900

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:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CED900: ·

How #CED900 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D3D335Deuteranopia · #D2D141Tritanopia · #CF5E67

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:

Tailwind yellow 500 · #EAB308Material Amber 500 · #FFC107Bootstrap warning · #FFC107

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CED900 rather than the exact color:

Scarlet Marble
#D4D713 · #B2E963 · #6EE750 · #10C133
Palette 063b00
#063B00 · #266210 · #90B800 · #E1E100
Rustic Garden
#A56C12 · #CEE415 · #458C15 · #4AE358
Cyber Lime
#0B0C10 · #1F2833 · #C5C6C7 · #D4F000
Palette 499a13
#499A13 · #BBDC12 · #8ECA3C · #276F27
Royal Cascade
#2D13C1 · #6637EB · #BEDB16 · #E7F0A6

Similar colors

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

#D4D713#E1E100#CEE415#D4F000#BBDC12#BEDB16#CFF800#B4E50D#D0D41F#DBBF0D#CDE020#C6DA20

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CED8FF  ·  #CED901 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CED900?

#CED900 is Vivid Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 206, 217, 0). Its closest standard named color is Gold.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CED900?

#CED900 is RGB 206, 217, 0 — HSL 63°, 100%, 43% — CMYK 5%, 0%, 100%, 15%.

What colors go with #CED900?

Its complement is #0B00DB; analogous partners are #DB7900 and #63DB00. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CED900 for text?

Black text on #CED900 has a contrast ratio of 13.55:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.