#CEDE99#CEDE99

#CEDE99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.092 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEDE99
RGB	rgb(206, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(74, 31%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 31.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.84, -16.51, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.84, 36.13, 117.19°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0444 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.092 119)
XYZ	xyz(57.3244, 67.6645, 40.1714)
Luminance	0.6766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEDE99 #A999DE

analogous

#DECB99 #CEDE99 #ABDE99

triadic

#CEDE99 #99CEDE #DE99CE

tetradic

#CEDE99 #99DECB #A999DE #DE99AB

square

#CEDE99 #99DECB #A999DE #DE99AB

split-complementary

#CEDE99 #99ABDE #CB99DE

monochromatic

#A1BF3E #B8CF6B #CEDE99 #E4EDC7 #F4F8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#CEDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.53

#CEDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEDE99

14.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEDE99	1.00	1.45	14.53	14.53
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cede99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.092 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dde8b7',
    500: '#cede99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cede99;
$custom-light: #dde8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cede99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.913,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87207,
    "c": 0.09165,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.67664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEDE99

secondary

#7865B6

accent

#27BE4A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEDE99

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

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