#CEC16D#CEC16D

#CEC16D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.107 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC16D
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 47.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -6.83, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 44.23, 98.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0197 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.107 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2851, 52.3674, 22.0822)
Luminance	0.5237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC16D #6D7ACE

analogous

#CE916D #CEC16D #ABCE6D

triadic

#CEC16D #6DCEC1 #C16DCE

tetradic

#CEC16D #6DCE91 #6D7ACE #CE6DAB

square

#CEC16D #6DCE91 #6D7ACE #CE6DAB

split-complementary

#CEC16D #6DABCE #916DCE

monochromatic

#908330 #BEAD40 #CEC16D #DDD49B #EDE8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CEC16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC16D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC16D	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.107 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd398',
    500: '#cec16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec16d;
$custom-light: #dfd398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80368,
    "c": 0.10652,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC16D

secondary

#495396

accent

#3CBD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC16D

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

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