#CED99F#CED99F

#CED99F is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.077 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED99F
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(71, 43%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(71, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 26.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -13.21, 27.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 30.42, 115.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.27% -0.0348 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(86.27% 0.077 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.5241, 65.2510, 42.4111)
Luminance	0.6525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED99F #AA9FD9

analogous

#D9C79F #CED99F #B1D99F

triadic

#CED99F #9FCED9 #D99FCE

tetradic

#CED99F #9FD9C7 #AA9FD9 #D99FB1

square

#CED99F #9FD9C7 #AA9FD9 #D99FB1

split-complementary

#CED99F #9FB1D9 #C79FD9

monochromatic

#A1B648 #B8C873 #CED99F #E4EACB #F4F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CED99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#CED99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED99F

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED99F	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1D39B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D4A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4D3CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.077 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4bb',
    500: '#ced99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced99f;
$custom-light: #dde4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.379,
    "s": 43.284,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86266,
    "c": 0.07733,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED99F

secondary

#796CB0

accent

#2FB649

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED99F

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

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