#CEC160#CEC160

#CEC160 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.120 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC160
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 53.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -7.99, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 50.47, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0243 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.12 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6364, 52.1079, 18.6653)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC160 #606DCE

analogous

#CE8A60 #CEC160 #A4CE60

triadic

#CEC160 #60CEC1 #C160CE

tetradic

#CEC160 #60CE8A #606DCE #CE60A4

square

#CEC160 #60CE8A #606DCE #CE60A4

split-complementary

#CEC160 #60A4CE #8A60CE

monochromatic

#897E2A #B8A939 #CEC160 #DCD38F #EBE5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CEC160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC160

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC160	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.120 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd390',
    500: '#cec160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec160;
$custom-light: #dfd390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 52.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80195,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC160

secondary

#424B90

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC160

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

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