#CED99C#CED99C

#CED99C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.081 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED99C
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(71, 45%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(71, 28%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 28.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -13.62, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 31.94, 115.24°)
OKLab	oklab(86.21% -0.0361 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(86.21% 0.081 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.2669, 65.1482, 41.0567)
Luminance	0.6515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED99C #A79CD9

analogous

#D9C59C #CED99C #AFD99C

triadic

#CED99C #9CCED9 #D99CCE

tetradic

#CED99C #9CD9C5 #A79CD9 #D99CAF

square

#CED99C #9CD9C5 #A79CD9 #D99CAF

split-complementary

#CED99C #9CAFD9 #C59CD9

monochromatic

#A1B546 #B8C870 #CED99C #E4EAC8 #F4F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CED99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#CED99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED99C

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED99C	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)

#E1D398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.081 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4b9',
    500: '#ced99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced99c;
$custom-light: #dde4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.82,
    "s": 44.526,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86206,
    "c": 0.081,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED99C

secondary

#7669B0

accent

#2EB847

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED99C

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

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