#CED599#CED599

#CED599 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.079 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED599
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(67, 42%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 28.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -12.01, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 31.34, 112.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.31% -0.0316 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(85.31% 0.079 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.9975, 63.0107, 39.3958)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED599 #A099D5

analogous

#D5BE99 #CED599 #B0D599

triadic

#CED599 #99CED5 #D599CE

tetradic

#CED599 #99D5BE #A099D5 #D599B0

square

#CED599 #99D5BE #A099D5 #D599B0

split-complementary

#CED599 #99B0D5 #BE99D5

monochromatic

#A1AD47 #B9C36E #CED599 #E3E7C4 #F5F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#CED599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED599

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED599	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.079 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1b7',
    500: '#ced599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced599;
$custom-light: #dde1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85305,
    "c": 0.07918,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED599

secondary

#6F67AB

accent

#31B540

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED599

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →