#CED987#CED987

#CED987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.106 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED987
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(68, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 37.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -16.26, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 42.40, 112.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.83% -0.0445 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(85.83% 0.106 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6399, 64.4974, 32.4878)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED987 #9287D9

analogous

#D9BB87 #CED987 #A5D987

triadic

#CED987 #87CED9 #D987CE

tetradic

#CED987 #87D9BB #9287D9 #D987A5

square

#CED987 #87D9BB #9287D9 #D987A5

split-complementary

#CED987 #87A5D9 #BB87D9

monochromatic

#9EAE37 #BBCA59 #CED987 #E1E8B5 #F4F6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#CED987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#CED987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED987

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED987	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D38B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7D0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.106 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dee4ab',
    500: '#ced987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced987;
$custom-light: #dee4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.049,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85829,
    "c": 0.10574,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED987

secondary

#6155AF

accent

#26BF3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#151510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED987

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

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