#CED979#CED979

#CED979 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.121 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED979
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 121)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(67, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 44.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.03, -17.78, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.03, 49.17, 111.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.0499 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.121 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.7183, 64.1287, 27.6337)
Luminance	0.6413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED979 #8479D9

analogous

#D9B479 #CED979 #9ED979

triadic

#CED979 #79CED9 #D979CE

tetradic

#CED979 #79D9B4 #8479D9 #D9799E

square

#CED979 #79D9B4 #8479D9 #D9799E

split-complementary

#CED979 #799ED9 #B479D9

monochromatic

#9AA830 #BDCB49 #CED979 #DFE7A9 #F1F4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#CED979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#CED979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED979

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED979	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D37E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8CFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.121 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee4a1',
    500: '#ced979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced979;
$custom-light: #dee4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.875,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85614,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED979

secondary

#564BAB

accent

#22C335

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#15150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED979

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

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