#CED499#CED499

#CED499 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.078 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED499
RGB	rgb(206, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(66, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(66, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 27.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.18, -11.50, 28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.18, 30.82, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.0301 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.078 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7468, 62.5092, 39.3122)
Luminance	0.6251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED499 #9F99D4

analogous

#D4BD99 #CED499 #B1D499

triadic

#CED499 #99CED4 #D499CE

tetradic

#CED499 #99D4BD #9F99D4 #D499B1

square

#CED499 #99D4BD #9F99D4 #D499B1

split-complementary

#CED499 #99B1D4 #BD99D4

monochromatic

#A1AB48 #B9C26E #CED499 #E3E6C4 #F5F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#CED499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#CED499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED499

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED499	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.078 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1b7',
    500: '#ced499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced499;
$custom-light: #dde1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.102,
    "s": 40.69,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85095,
    "c": 0.07783,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED499

secondary

#6E67AA

accent

#32B43F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED499

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

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