#CED9AA#CED9AA

#CED9AA is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.064 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED9AA
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 170)
HSL	hsl(74, 38%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(74, 22%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 21.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -11.63, 21.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 24.85, 117.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% -0.0303 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.064 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5215, 65.6500, 47.6638)
Luminance	0.6565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CED9AA #B5AAD9

analogous

#D9CCAA #CED9AA #B6D9AA

triadic

#CED9AA #AACED9 #D9AACE

tetradic

#CED9AA #AAD9CC #B5AAD9 #D9AAB6

square

#CED9AA #AAD9CC #B5AAD9 #D9AAB6

split-complementary

#CED9AA #AAB6D9 #CCAAD9

monochromatic

#9DB355 #B6C680 #CED9AA #E6ECD4 #F3F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#CED9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#CED9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED9AA

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED9AA	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D4A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3D4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.064 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4c3',
    500: '#ced9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced9aa;
$custom-light: #dde4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.043,
    "s": 38.211,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86496,
    "c": 0.06365,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED9AA

secondary

#8477B0

accent

#34B152

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#151512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED9AA

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

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