#CED59D#CED59D

#CED59D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.074 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED59D
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 157)
HSL	hsl(68, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 26.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -11.46, 26.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 29.30, 113.03°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.0299 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.074 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3334, 63.1451, 41.1650)
Luminance	0.6314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED59D #A49DD5

analogous

#D5C09D #CED59D #B2D59D

triadic

#CED59D #9DCED5 #D59DCE

tetradic

#CED59D #9DD5C0 #A49DD5 #D59DB2

square

#CED59D #9DD5C0 #A49DD5 #D59DB2

split-complementary

#CED59D #9DB2D5 #C09DD5

monochromatic

#A1AD4A #B9C372 #CED59D #E3E7C8 #F4F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#CED59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED59D

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED59D	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.074 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1ba',
    500: '#ced59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced59d;
$custom-light: #dde1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85385,
    "c": 0.07425,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED59D

secondary

#736BAC

accent

#32B343

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED59D

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

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