#CED59F#CED59F

#CED59F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.072 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED59F
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 159)
HSL	hsl(68, 39%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(68, 25%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 25.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -11.19, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 28.28, 113.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.0291 0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.072 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5056, 63.2140, 42.0716)
Luminance	0.6321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED59F #A69FD5

analogous

#D5C19F #CED59F #B3D59F

triadic

#CED59F #9FCED5 #D59FCE

tetradic

#CED59F #9FD5C1 #A69FD5 #D59FB3

square

#CED59F #9FD5C1 #A69FD5 #D59FB3

split-complementary

#CED59F #9FB3D5 #C19FD5

monochromatic

#A1AE4C #B8C274 #CED59F #E4E8CA #F4F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#CED59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#CED59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED59F

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED59F	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)

#DDD09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.072 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1bb',
    500: '#ced59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced59f;
$custom-light: #dde1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.778,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85425,
    "c": 0.07176,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.63214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED59F

secondary

#756DAC

accent

#33B244

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED59F

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

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