#CEDD96#CEDD96

#CEDD96 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.094 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD96
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 150)
HSL	hsl(73, 51%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(73, 32%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 32.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.52, -16.41, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.52, 37.08, 116.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.94% -0.0442 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(86.94% 0.094 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8149, 67.0370, 38.7946)
Luminance	0.6704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD96 #A596DD

analogous

#DDC896 #CEDD96 #AADD96

triadic

#CEDD96 #96CEDD #DD96CE

tetradic

#CEDD96 #96DDC8 #A596DD #DD96AA

square

#CEDD96 #96DDC8 #A596DD #DD96AA

split-complementary

#CEDD96 #96AADD #C896DD

monochromatic

#A1BC3D #B8CE68 #CEDD96 #E4ECC4 #F4F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CEDD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#CEDD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD96

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD96	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.094 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde7b5',
    500: '#cedd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd96;
$custom-light: #dde7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.676,
    "s": 51.079,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8694,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD96

secondary

#7462B5

accent

#27BE47

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD96

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

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