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#ced278 color: Fool’s Gold

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63°
100%

OKLCH

84.1%
0.114
111°
  • ≈ Khaki
  • Yellow
  • Light
  • Soft
  • Pastel
  • Neutral
  • amber-300
  • Black 18%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text1.60:1 · Below AALc -31
Black text13.11:1 · AALc 77

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About #ced278

#ced278 is a pastel light yellow color. In OKLCH it has 84.1% lightness, 0.114 chroma and a hue of 111°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 1.6:1 contrast and black text 13.11:1, so black text reads better.

The closest named color is Fool’s Gold (#cad175). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is amber-300.

More light yellow colors

Lighter: #ced278 mixed with white

  1. ced278
  2. d3d787
  3. d7db95
  4. dce0a3
  5. e1e4b0
  6. e6e9be
  7. ebedcb
  8. f0f2d8
  9. f5f6e5
  10. fafbf2

Darker: #ced278 mixed with black

  1. ced278
  2. b3b667
  3. 989b57
  4. 7f8148
  5. 666839
  6. 4e502a
  7. 38391d
  8. 232410
  9. 0f1005
  10. 020201

Calmer: #ced278 with less saturation

  1. ced278
  2. ced182
  3. cdd18b
  4. cdd094
  5. ccd09c
  6. cccfa5
  7. ccceac
  8. cbcdb4
  9. cbcdbc
  10. cbccc3