#CED79D#CED79D

#CED79D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.077 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED79D
RGB	rgb(206, 215, 157)
HSL	hsl(69, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 27%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.05, -12.47, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.05, 30.36, 114.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0328 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.077 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.8396, 64.1574, 41.3337)
Luminance	0.6416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED79D #A69DD7

analogous

#D7C39D #CED79D #B1D79D

triadic

#CED79D #9DCED7 #D79DCE

tetradic

#CED79D #9DD7C3 #A69DD7 #D79DB1

square

#CED79D #9DD7C3 #A69DD7 #D79DB1

split-complementary

#CED79D #9DB1D7 #C39DD7

monochromatic

#A1B148 #B8C572 #CED79D #E4E9C8 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CED79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#CED79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED79D

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED79D	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFD29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 215, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.077 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde3ba',
    500: '#ced79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced79d;
$custom-light: #dde3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.31,
    "s": 42.029,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85805,
    "c": 0.077,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED79D

secondary

#756AAE

accent

#30B545

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED79D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →