#CEC079#CEC079

#CEC079 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.093 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC079
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -5.10, 37.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 37.87, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0136 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.093 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7555, 52.2031, 25.6461)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC079 #7987CE

analogous

#CE9679 #CEC079 #B2CE79

triadic

#CEC079 #79CEC0 #C079CE

tetradic

#CEC079 #79CE96 #7987CE #CE79B2

square

#CEC079 #79CE96 #7987CE #CE79B2

split-complementary

#CEC079 #79B2CE #9679CE

monochromatic

#968637 #BEAB4C #CEC079 #DED5A6 #EFEAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CEC079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC079

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC079	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.093 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded2a0',
    500: '#cec079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec079;
$custom-light: #ded2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.118,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80344,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC079

secondary

#4F5C9C

accent

#43BA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC079

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

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