#CED79B#CED79B

#CED79B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.079 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED79B
RGB	rgb(206, 215, 155)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 27.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -12.75, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 31.38, 113.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.0336 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.079 115)
XYZ	xyz(55.6702, 64.0897, 40.4418)
Luminance	0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED79B #A49BD7

analogous

#D7C29B #CED79B #B0D79B

triadic

#CED79B #9BCED7 #D79BCE

tetradic

#CED79B #9BD7C2 #A49BD7 #D79BB0

square

#CED79B #9BD7C2 #A49BD7 #D79BB0

split-complementary

#CED79B #9BB0D7 #C29BD7

monochromatic

#A1B147 #B9C66F #CED79B #E3E8C7 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CED79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#CED79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED79B

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED79B	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 215, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.079 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde3b9',
    500: '#ced79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced79b;
$custom-light: #dde3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85765,
    "c": 0.07946,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.64089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED79B

secondary

#7368AE

accent

#30B644

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED79B

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

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