#CED579#CED579

#CED579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.116 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED579
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(65, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 43.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.96, -15.80, 44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.96, 47.24, 109.54°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0443 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.116 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.6997, 62.0916, 27.2942)
Luminance	0.6209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED579 #8079D5

analogous

#D5AE79 #CED579 #A0D579

triadic

#CED579 #79CED5 #D579CE

tetradic

#CED579 #79D5AE #8079D5 #D579A0

square

#CED579 #79D5AE #8079D5 #D579A0

split-complementary

#CED579 #79A0D5 #AE79D5

monochromatic

#99A132 #BDC64A #CED579 #DFE4A8 #F0F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#CED579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#CED579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED579

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED579	1.00	1.57	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.116 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee1a1',
    500: '#ced579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced579;
$custom-light: #dee1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.565,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8476,
    "c": 0.11609,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED579

secondary

#544DA5

accent

#26C032

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED579

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

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