#CED79E#CED79E

#CED79E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.076 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED79E
RGB	rgb(206, 215, 158)
HSL	hsl(69, 42%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(69, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 26.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -12.34, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 29.86, 114.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.82% -0.0324 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(85.82% 0.076 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.9253, 64.1917, 41.7852)
Luminance	0.6419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED79E #A79ED7

analogous

#D7C39E #CED79E #B1D79E

triadic

#CED79E #9ECED7 #D79ECE

tetradic

#CED79E #9ED7C3 #A79ED7 #D79EB1

square

#CED79E #9ED7C3 #A79ED7 #D79EB1

split-complementary

#CED79E #9EB1D7 #C39ED7

monochromatic

#A1B149 #B8C573 #CED79E #E4E9C9 #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CED79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#CED79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED79E

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED79E	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 215, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.076 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde3bb',
    500: '#ced79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced79e;
$custom-light: #dde3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 41.606,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85825,
    "c": 0.07577,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED79E

secondary

#766BAE

accent

#31B546

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED79E

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

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