Palettes / Colors / #CED686

#CED686 — Light Muted Yellow

#CED686 is a yellow color we call Light Muted Yellow, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #CED686 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CED686 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #8D85D5; it also sits naturally between #D5B585 and #A5D585. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 81% · Green 84% · Blue 53%

Cyan 4% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 37% · Key 16%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #CED686

.text { color: #CED686; }
.background { background-color: #CED686; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CED686; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(206, 214, 134); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(66, 49%, 68%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CED686; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(206, 214, 134, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CED686; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(206, 214, 134, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CED686">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CED686">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #8D85D5:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #CED686: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CED686

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #CED686 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CED686 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

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Frequently asked questions

What color is #CED686?

#CED686 is Light Muted Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 206, 214, 134). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CED686?

#CED686 is RGB 206, 214, 134 — HSL 66°, 49%, 68% — CMYK 4%, 0%, 37%, 16%.

What colors go with #CED686?

Its complement is #8D85D5; analogous partners are #D5B585 and #A5D585. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CED686 for text?

Black text on #CED686 has a contrast ratio of 13.59:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.55:1.