#CED8AA#CED8AA

#CED8AA is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.062 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED8AA
RGB	rgb(206, 216, 170)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(73, 21%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 21.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.55, -11.12, 21.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.55, 24.30, 117.25°)
OKLab	oklab(86.29% -0.0289 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(86.29% 0.062 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2645, 65.1360, 47.5782)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED8AA #B4AAD8

analogous

#D8CBAA #CED8AA #B7D8AA

triadic

#CED8AA #AACED8 #D8AACE

tetradic

#CED8AA #AAD8CB #B4AAD8 #D8AAB7

square

#CED8AA #AAD8CB #B4AAD8 #D8AAB7

split-complementary

#CED8AA #AAB7D8 #CBAAD8

monochromatic

#9EB256 #B6C580 #CED8AA #E6EBD4 #F3F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CED8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#CED8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED8AA

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED8AA	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD3A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDD3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 216, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.062 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4c3',
    500: '#ced8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced8aa;
$custom-light: #dde4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.043,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 75.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86286,
    "c": 0.06219,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED8AA

secondary

#8377AF

accent

#35B050

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED8AA

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

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