#CEC166#CEC166

#CEC166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.114 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC166
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 50.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.41, -7.47, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.41, 47.63, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0222 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.114 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9232, 52.2227, 20.1761)
Luminance	0.5222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC166 #6673CE

analogous

#CE8D66 #CEC166 #A7CE66

triadic

#CEC166 #66CEC1 #C166CE

tetradic

#CEC166 #66CE8D #6673CE #CE66A7

square

#CEC166 #66CE8D #6673CE #CE66A7

split-complementary

#CEC166 #66A7CE #8D66CE

monochromatic

#8D812D #BBAB3C #CEC166 #DDD494 #ECE7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CEC166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC166

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC166	1.00	1.83	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.83	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)

#D0BC5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.114 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd394',
    500: '#cec166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec166;
$custom-light: #dfd394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80271,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC166

secondary

#454F93

accent

#3ABF27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC166

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

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