#CED9AE#CED9AE

#CED9AE is a very light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.059 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CED9AE
RGB	rgb(206, 217, 174)
HSL	hsl(75, 36%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(75, 20%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 19.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -11.03, 19.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 22.82, 118.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0287 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.059 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.9056, 65.8036, 49.6870)
Luminance	0.6580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#CED9AE #B9AED9

analogous

#D9CFAE #CED9AE #B9D9AE

triadic

#CED9AE #AECED9 #D9AECE

tetradic

#CED9AE #AED9CF #B9AED9 #D9AEB9

square

#CED9AE #AED9CF #B9AED9 #D9AEB9

split-complementary

#CED9AE #AEB9D9 #CFAED9

monochromatic

#9CB25B #B5C584 #CED9AE #E7EDD8 #F2F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CED9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#CED9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CED9AE

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CED9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CED9AE	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED4B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2D4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ced9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 217, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.059 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde4c6',
    500: '#ced9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ced9ae;
$custom-light: #dde4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ced9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.349,
    "s": 36.134,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86584,
    "c": 0.05859,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CED9AE

secondary

#897BB0

accent

#36AF55

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF9

border

#D5D5D2

text

#151513

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #CED9AE

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

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