#CED179#CED179

#CED179 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.111 H 110.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED179
RGB	rgb(206, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(62, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 42.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -13.79, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 45.34, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0385 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.111 110.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.7060, 60.1042, 26.9629)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED179 #7C79D1

analogous

#D1A879 #CED179 #A2D179

triadic

#CED179 #79CED1 #D179CE

tetradic

#CED179 #79D1A8 #7C79D1 #D179A2

square

#CED179 #79D1A8 #7C79D1 #D179A2

split-complementary

#CED179 #79A2D1 #A879D1

monochromatic

#979B35 #BDC14B #CED179 #DFE1A7 #EFF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#CED179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#CED179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED179

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED179	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCA72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.111 110.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedfa1',
    500: '#ced179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced179;
$custom-light: #dedfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.045,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8391,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 110.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED179

secondary

#514EA0

accent

#29BC2E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED179

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

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