#CED59E#CED59E

#CED59E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.073 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED59E
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 158)
HSL	hsl(68, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 25.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -11.33, 26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 28.79, 113.16°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.0295 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.073 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4192, 63.1794, 41.6165)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED59E #A59ED5

analogous

#D5C09E #CED59E #B3D59E

triadic

#CED59E #9ECED5 #D59ECE

tetradic

#CED59E #9ED5C0 #A59ED5 #D59EB3

square

#CED59E #9ED5C0 #A59ED5 #D59EB3

split-complementary

#CED59E #9EB3D5 #C09ED5

monochromatic

#A1AD4B #B8C373 #CED59E #E4E7C9 #F4F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#CED59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED59E

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED59E	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDD09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5CFC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.073 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1bb',
    500: '#ced59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced59e;
$custom-light: #dde1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.636,
    "s": 39.568,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85405,
    "c": 0.07301,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED59E

secondary

#746CAC

accent

#33B343

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED59E

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

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