#CEDB99#CEDB99

#CEDB99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.087 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDB99
RGB	rgb(206, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(72, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(72, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.9%, 0%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.04, -15.02, 31.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.04, 34.52, 115.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0401 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.087 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5347, 66.0851, 39.9082)
Luminance	0.6609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDB99 #A699DB

analogous

#DBC799 #CEDB99 #ADDB99

triadic

#CEDB99 #99CEDB #DB99CE

tetradic

#CEDB99 #99DBC7 #A699DB #DB99AD

square

#CEDB99 #99DBC7 #A699DB #DB99AD

split-complementary

#CEDB99 #99ADDB #C799DB

monochromatic

#A1B841 #B8CB6C #CEDB99 #E4EBC6 #F4F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#CEDB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#CEDB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDB99

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDB99	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2D59C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D4CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.087 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde6b7',
    500: '#cedb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedb99;
$custom-light: #dde6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.818,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86571,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDB99

secondary

#7566B3

accent

#2ABB47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDB99

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

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