#CED59B#CED59B

#CED59B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.077 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED59B
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 155)
HSL	hsl(67, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 27.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.48, -11.74, 27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.48, 30.32, 112.77°)
OKLab	oklab(85.35% -0.0308 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(85.35% 0.077 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.1641, 63.0774, 40.2731)
Luminance	0.6308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED59B #A29BD5

analogous

#D5BF9B #CED59B #B1D59B

triadic

#CED59B #9BCED5 #D59BCE

tetradic

#CED59B #9BD5BF #A29BD5 #D59BB1

square

#CED59B #9BD5BF #A29BD5 #D59BB1

split-complementary

#CED59B #9BB1D5 #BF9BD5

monochromatic

#A1AD49 #B9C370 #CED59B #E3E7C6 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#CED59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED59B

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED59B	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DECF97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD19D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.077 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1b9',
    500: '#ced59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced59b;
$custom-light: #dde1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.241,
    "s": 40.845,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85345,
    "c": 0.07673,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED59B

secondary

#7169AC

accent

#32B441

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED59B

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

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