#CEDC99#CEDC99

#CEDC99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.089 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDC99
RGB	rgb(206, 220, 153)
HSL	hsl(73, 49%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(73, 30%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 30.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -15.52, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 35.05, 116.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.78% -0.0415 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(86.78% 0.089 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.7963, 66.6084, 39.9954)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDC99 #A799DC

analogous

#DCC899 #CEDC99 #ACDC99

triadic

#CEDC99 #99CEDC #DC99CE

tetradic

#CEDC99 #99DCC8 #A799DC #DC99AC

square

#CEDC99 #99DCC8 #A799DC #DC99AC

split-complementary

#CEDC99 #99ACDC #C899DC

monochromatic

#A1BB40 #B8CC6B #CEDC99 #E4ECC7 #F4F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#CEDC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#CEDC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDC99

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDC99	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 220, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.089 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde6b7',
    500: '#cedc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedc99;
$custom-light: #dde6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.537,
    "s": 48.905,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86783,
    "c": 0.08883,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDC99

secondary

#7665B4

accent

#29BC48

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDC99

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

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