#CED899#CED899

#CED899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.083 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED899
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(70, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 29.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -13.52, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 32.92, 114.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.94% -0.0359 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(85.94% 0.083 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.7591, 64.5339, 39.6497)
Luminance	0.6453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED899 #A399D8

analogous

#D8C399 #CED899 #AED899

triadic

#CED899 #99CED8 #D899CE

tetradic

#CED899 #99D8C3 #A399D8 #D899AE

square

#CED899 #99D8C3 #A399D8 #D899AE

split-complementary

#CED899 #99AED8 #C399D8

monochromatic

#A1B244 #B9C76D #CED899 #E3E9C5 #F4F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CED899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#CED899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED899

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED899	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D295

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.083 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4b7',
    500: '#ced899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced899;
$custom-light: #dde4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.524,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85937,
    "c": 0.08327,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED899

secondary

#7266AF

accent

#2EB844

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED899

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

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