#CEC17A#CEC17A

#CEC17A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.092 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC17A
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 122)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 40.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -5.51, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 37.77, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0147 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.092 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0374, 52.6683, 26.0441)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC17A #7A87CE

analogous

#CE977A #CEC17A #B1CE7A

triadic

#CEC17A #7ACEC1 #C17ACE

tetradic

#CEC17A #7ACE97 #7A87CE #CE7AB1

square

#CEC17A #7ACE97 #7A87CE #CE7AB1

split-complementary

#CEC17A #7AB1CE #977ACE

monochromatic

#968837 #BEAC4D #CEC17A #DED6A7 #EFEBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CEC17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC17A

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC17A	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.092 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded3a1',
    500: '#cec17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec17a;
$custom-light: #ded3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.714,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80567,
    "c": 0.09239,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC17A

secondary

#505C9C

accent

#42B92C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC17A

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

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