#CED79C#CED79C

#CED79C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.078 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED79C
RGB	rgb(206, 215, 156)
HSL	hsl(69, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 27.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -12.61, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 30.87, 114.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0332 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.078 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7546, 64.1234, 40.8859)
Luminance	0.6412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED79C #A59CD7

analogous

#D7C39C #CED79C #B0D79C

triadic

#CED79C #9CCED7 #D79CCE

tetradic

#CED79C #9CD7C3 #A59CD7 #D79CB0

square

#CED79C #9CD7C3 #A59CD7 #D79CB0

split-complementary

#CED79C #9CB0D7 #C39CD7

monochromatic

#A1B148 #B8C570 #CED79C #E4E9C8 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CED79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#CED79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED79C

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED79C	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)

#DFD198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 215, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.078 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde3b9',
    500: '#ced79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced79c;
$custom-light: #dde3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.153,
    "s": 42.446,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85785,
    "c": 0.07823,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED79C

secondary

#7469AE

accent

#30B644

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED79C

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

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