#CED799#CED799

#CED799 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.082 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED799
RGB	rgb(206, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(69, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 28.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -13.01, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 32.39, 113.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0344 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.082 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.5037, 64.0231, 39.5645)
Luminance	0.6402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED799 #A299D7

analogous

#D7C199 #CED799 #AFD799

triadic

#CED799 #99CED7 #D799CE

tetradic

#CED799 #99D7C1 #A299D7 #D799AF

square

#CED799 #99D7C1 #A299D7 #D799AF

split-complementary

#CED799 #99AFD7 #C199D7

monochromatic

#A1B045 #B9C66D #CED799 #E3E8C5 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CED799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#CED799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED799

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED799	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.082 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde3b7',
    500: '#ced799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced799;
$custom-light: #dde3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.71,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85726,
    "c": 0.08189,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED799

secondary

#7166AE

accent

#2FB742

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED799

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

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