#CED99E#CED99E

#CED99E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.079 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED99E
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(71, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(71, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 27.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.60, -13.34, 27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.60, 30.93, 115.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.0352 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.079 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4377, 65.2165, 41.9560)
Luminance	0.6522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED99E #A99ED9

analogous

#D9C69E #CED99E #B0D99E

triadic

#CED99E #9ECED9 #D99ECE

tetradic

#CED99E #9ED9C6 #A99ED9 #D99EB0

square

#CED99E #9ED9C6 #A99ED9 #D99EB0

split-complementary

#CED99E #9EB0D9 #C69ED9

monochromatic

#A1B547 #B8C872 #CED99E #E4EACA #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#CED99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#CED99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED99E

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED99E	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D39A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.079 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4bb',
    500: '#ced99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced99e;
$custom-light: #dde4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.186,
    "s": 43.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86246,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED99E

secondary

#786BB0

accent

#2FB748

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED99E

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

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