#CEC165#CEC165

#CEC165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.115 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC165
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 51%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -7.56, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 48.11, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0226 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.115 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8739, 52.2030, 19.9165)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC165 #6572CE

analogous

#CE8C65 #CEC165 #A7CE65

triadic

#CEC165 #65CEC1 #C165CE

tetradic

#CEC165 #65CE8C #6572CE #CE65A7

square

#CEC165 #65CE8C #6572CE #CE65A7

split-complementary

#CEC165 #65A7CE #8C65CE

monochromatic

#8C802D #BAAB3B #CEC165 #DDD493 #ECE6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CEC165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC165

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC165	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)

#D0BC5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.115 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd393',
    500: '#cec165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec165;
$custom-light: #dfd393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.571,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80258,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC165

secondary

#454E93

accent

#39BF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC165

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

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