#CED8A5#CED8A5

#CED8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.068 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED8A5
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 165)
HSL	hsl(72, 40%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(72, 24%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 23.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.46, -11.86, 24.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.46, 26.84, 116.21°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0309 0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.068 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8005, 64.9504, 45.1344)
Luminance	0.6495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED8A5 #AFA5D8

analogous

#D8C9A5 #CED8A5 #B5D8A5

triadic

#CED8A5 #A5CED8 #D8A5CE

tetradic

#CED8A5 #A5D8C9 #AFA5D8 #D8A5B5

square

#CED8A5 #A5D8C9 #AFA5D8 #D8A5B5

split-complementary

#CED8A5 #A5B5D8 #C9A5D8

monochromatic

#A0B350 #B7C57A #CED8A5 #E5EBD0 #F3F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CED8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#CED8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED8A5

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED8A5	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD2A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.068 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4c0',
    500: '#ced8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced8a5;
$custom-light: #dde4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.765,
    "s": 39.535,
    "l": 74.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86179,
    "c": 0.06847,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED8A5

secondary

#7E72AF

accent

#33B34C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED8A5

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

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