#CEC17C#CEC17C

#CEC17C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.090 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC17C
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 124)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 39.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -5.29, 36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 36.76, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0139 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.09 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1626, 52.7184, 26.7035)
Luminance	0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC17C #7C89CE

analogous

#CE987C #CEC17C #B2CE7C

triadic

#CEC17C #7CCEC1 #C17CCE

tetradic

#CEC17C #7CCE98 #7C89CE #CE7CB2

square

#CEC17C #7CCE98 #7C89CE #CE7CB2

split-complementary

#CEC17C #7CB2CE #987CCE

monochromatic

#978839 #BDAC4F #CEC17C #DFD6A9 #EFEBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CEC17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC17C

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC17C	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.090 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded3a3',
    500: '#cec17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec17c;
$custom-light: #ded3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.488,
    "s": 45.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80601,
    "c": 0.09014,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC17C

secondary

#515D9D

accent

#43B92D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC17C

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

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