#CEDB96#CEDB96

#CEDB96 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.091 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDB96
RGB	rgb(206, 219, 150)
HSL	hsl(71, 49%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(71, 32%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 31.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -15.41, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 36.01, 115.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.52% -0.0413 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(86.52% 0.091 117)
XYZ	xyz(56.2900, 65.9872, 38.6196)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDB96 #A396DB

analogous

#DBC596 #CEDB96 #ACDB96

triadic

#CEDB96 #96CEDB #DB96CE

tetradic

#CEDB96 #96DBC5 #A396DB #DB96AC

square

#CEDB96 #96DBC5 #A396DB #DB96AC

split-complementary

#CEDB96 #96ACDB #C596DB

monochromatic

#A1B83F #B9CB68 #CEDB96 #E3EBC4 #F4F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDB96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#CEDB96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDB96

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDB96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDB96	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedb96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 219, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.091 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde6b5',
    500: '#cedb96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedb96;
$custom-light: #dde6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedb96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.304,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86515,
    "c": 0.09101,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.65987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDB96

secondary

#7263B2

accent

#29BC45

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDB96

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

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