#CED172#CED172

#CED172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.119 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED172
RGB	rgb(206, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(62, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 45.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -14.50, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 48.72, 107.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0412 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.119 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2922, 59.9387, 24.7837)
Luminance	0.5994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED172 #7572D1

analogous

#D1A472 #CED172 #9ED172

triadic

#CED172 #72CED1 #D172CE

tetradic

#CED172 #72D1A4 #7572D1 #D1729E

square

#CED172 #72D1A4 #7572D1 #D1729E

split-complementary

#CED172 #729ED1 #A472D1

monochromatic

#949731 #BEC244 #CED172 #DEE0A0 #EEEFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#CED172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#CED172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED172

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED172	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.119 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdf9c',
    500: '#ced172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced172;
$custom-light: #dfdf9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.895,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83809,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED172

secondary

#4D4A9D

accent

#27BE2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED172

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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