#CED8A9#CED8A9

#CED8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.063 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED8A9
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(73, 38%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(73, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 21.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -11.27, 22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 24.81, 117.03°)
OKLab	oklab(86.26% -0.0293 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(86.26% 0.063 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1703, 65.0983, 47.0819)
Luminance	0.6510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED8A9 #B3A9D8

analogous

#D8CAA9 #CED8A9 #B6D8A9

triadic

#CED8A9 #A9CED8 #D8A9CE

tetradic

#CED8A9 #A9D8CA #B3A9D8 #D8A9B6

square

#CED8A9 #A9D8CA #B3A9D8 #D8A9B6

split-complementary

#CED8A9 #A9B6D8 #CAA9D8

monochromatic

#9EB255 #B6C57F #CED8A9 #E6EBD3 #F3F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CED8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#CED8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED8A9

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED8A9	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD3A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.063 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4c2',
    500: '#ced8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced8a9;
$custom-light: #dde4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.766,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86264,
    "c": 0.06344,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED8A9

secondary

#8276AF

accent

#35B14F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED8A9

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

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