#CED997#CED997

#CED997 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.087 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED997
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(70, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(70, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.47, -14.28, 31.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.47, 34.45, 114.49°)
OKLab	oklab(86.11% -0.0381 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(86.11% 0.087 116)
XYZ	xyz(55.8523, 64.9823, 38.8727)
Luminance	0.6498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED997 #A297D9

analogous

#D9C397 #CED997 #ADD997

triadic

#CED997 #97CED9 #D997CE

tetradic

#CED997 #97D9C3 #A297D9 #D997AD

square

#CED997 #97D9C3 #A297D9 #D997AD

split-complementary

#CED997 #97ADD9 #C397D9

monochromatic

#A1B442 #B9C96A #CED997 #E3E9C4 #F4F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CED997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#CED997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED997

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED997	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.087 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4b6',
    500: '#ced997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced997;
$custom-light: #dde4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8611,
    "c": 0.08705,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.64982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED997

secondary

#7164B0

accent

#2CBA43

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED997

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

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