#CED59A#CED59A

#CED59A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.078 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED59A
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 154)
HSL	hsl(67, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 27.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.47, -11.87, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.47, 30.83, 112.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.32% -0.0312 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(85.32% 0.078 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.0805, 63.0439, 39.8326)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED59A #A19AD5

analogous

#D5BF9A #CED59A #B1D59A

triadic

#CED59A #9ACED5 #D59ACE

tetradic

#CED59A #9AD5BF #A19AD5 #D59AB1

square

#CED59A #9AD5BF #A19AD5 #D59AB1

split-complementary

#CED59A #9AB1D5 #BF9AD5

monochromatic

#A1AD48 #B9C36F #CED59A #E3E7C5 #F5F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#CED59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED59A

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED59A	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD19C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.078 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1b8',
    500: '#ced59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced59a;
$custom-light: #dde1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 41.259,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85325,
    "c": 0.07795,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED59A

secondary

#7068AC

accent

#31B441

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED59A

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

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