#CEDD99#CEDD99

#CEDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.090 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDD99
RGB	rgb(206, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(73, 50%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(73, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 30.8%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -16.02, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 35.59, 116.74°)
OKLab	oklab(87% -0.043 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(87% 0.09 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.0596, 67.1349, 40.0832)
Luminance	0.6714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDD99 #A899DD

analogous

#DDCA99 #CEDD99 #ACDD99

triadic

#CEDD99 #99CEDD #DD99CE

tetradic

#CEDD99 #99DDCA #A899DD #DD99AC

square

#CEDD99 #99DDCA #A899DD #DD99AC

split-complementary

#CEDD99 #99ACDD #CA99DD

monochromatic

#A1BD3F #B8CE6B #CEDD99 #E4ECC7 #F4F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#CEDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#CEDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDD99

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDD99	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D69C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cedd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.090 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde7b7',
    500: '#cedd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cedd99;
$custom-light: #dde7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cedd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.235,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86995,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDD99

secondary

#7765B5

accent

#28BD49

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDD99

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

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