#CED5A5#CED5A5

#CED5A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.064 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED5A5
RGB	rgb(206, 213, 165)
HSL	hsl(69, 36%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(69, 23%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.3%, 0%, 22.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.67, -10.33, 23.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.67, 25.21, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0266 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.064 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0389, 63.4273, 44.8805)
Luminance	0.6343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED5A5 #ACA5D5

analogous

#D5C4A5 #CED5A5 #B6D5A5

triadic

#CED5A5 #A5CED5 #D5A5CE

tetradic

#CED5A5 #A5D5C4 #ACA5D5 #D5A5B6

square

#CED5A5 #A5D5C4 #ACA5D5 #D5A5B6

split-complementary

#CED5A5 #A5B6D5 #C4A5D5

monochromatic

#A1AE52 #B7C27B #CED5A5 #E5E8CF #F4F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CED5A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#CED5A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED5A5

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED5A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED5A5	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCD0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCD1A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced5a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 213, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.064 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde1c0',
    500: '#ced5a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced5a5;
$custom-light: #dde1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced5a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85551,
    "c": 0.06423,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED5A5

secondary

#7B73AC

accent

#36AF48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED5A5

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

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