#CEC06D#CEC06D

#CEC06D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.106 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC06D
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 109)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 47.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -6.31, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 43.84, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0182 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.106 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0648, 51.9268, 22.0087)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC06D #6D7BCE

analogous

#CE906D #CEC06D #ACCE6D

triadic

#CEC06D #6DCEC0 #C06DCE

tetradic

#CEC06D #6DCE90 #6D7BCE #CE6DAC

square

#CEC06D #6DCE90 #6D7BCE #CE6DAC

split-complementary

#CEC06D #6DACCE #906DCE

monochromatic

#908230 #BEAC40 #CEC06D #DDD49B #EDE8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC06D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CEC06D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC06D

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC06D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC06D	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec06d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.106 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd298',
    500: '#cec06d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec06d;
$custom-light: #dfd298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec06d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.34,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80159,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC06D

secondary

#495496

accent

#3EBD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC06D

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

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