#CED299#CED299

#CED299 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.075 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED299
RGB	rgb(206, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(64, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(64, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 27.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.66, -10.48, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.66, 29.79, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.0272 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.075 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.2499, 61.5155, 39.1466)
Luminance	0.6151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED299 #9D99D2

analogous

#D2B999 #CED299 #B1D299

triadic

#CED299 #99CED2 #D299CE

tetradic

#CED299 #99D2B9 #9D99D2 #D299B1

square

#CED299 #99D2B9 #9D99D2 #D299B1

split-complementary

#CED299 #99B1D2 #B999D2

monochromatic

#A0A74A #BABF6F #CED299 #E2E5C3 #F5F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#CED299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#CED299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED299

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED299	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CBC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.075 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddfb7',
    500: '#ced299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced299;
$custom-light: #dddfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.211,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84676,
    "c": 0.07518,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED299

secondary

#6C67A8

accent

#34B23D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED299

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

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