#CED596#CED596

#CED596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.083 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED596
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(67, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(67, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.40, -12.40, 30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.40, 32.86, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.0328 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.083 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7529, 62.9129, 38.1073)
Luminance	0.6291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED596 #9D96D5

analogous

#D5BC96 #CED596 #AED596

triadic

#CED596 #96CED5 #D596CE

tetradic

#CED596 #96D5BC #9D96D5 #D596AE

square

#CED596 #96D5BC #9D96D5 #D596AE

split-complementary

#CED596 #96AED5 #BC96D5

monochromatic

#A0AC45 #BAC46A #CED596 #E2E6C2 #F5F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#CED596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#CED596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED596

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED596	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.083 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1b5',
    500: '#ced596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced596;
$custom-light: #dde1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85248,
    "c": 0.08284,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.62912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED596

secondary

#6C64AB

accent

#30B63E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED596

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

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