#CED59C#CED59C

#CED59C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.075 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED59C
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 156)
HSL	hsl(67, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(67, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 26.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -11.60, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 29.81, 112.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.0303 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.075 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.2484, 63.1111, 40.7172)
Luminance	0.6311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED59C #A39CD5

analogous

#D5BF9C #CED59C #B2D59C

triadic

#CED59C #9CCED5 #D59CCE

tetradic

#CED59C #9CD5BF #A39CD5 #D59CB2

square

#CED59C #9CD5BF #A39CD5 #D59CB2

split-complementary

#CED59C #9CB2D5 #BF9CD5

monochromatic

#A1AD49 #B9C371 #CED59C #E3E7C7 #F4F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#CED59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED59C

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED59C	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)

#DDCF98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD19E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.075 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1b9',
    500: '#ced59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced59c;
$custom-light: #dde1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.368,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85365,
    "c": 0.07549,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED59C

secondary

#726AAC

accent

#32B342

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED59C

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

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