#CEC185#CEC185

#CEC185 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.080 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC185
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 133)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 35.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -4.27, 31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 32.18, 97.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0103 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.08 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7579, 52.9566, 29.8390)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC185 #8592CE

analogous

#CE9D85 #CEC185 #B7CE85

triadic

#CEC185 #85CEC1 #C185CE

tetradic

#CEC185 #85CE9D #8592CE #CE85B7

square

#CEC185 #85CE9D #8592CE #CE85B7

split-complementary

#CEC185 #85B7CE #9D85CE

monochromatic

#9B8A3E #BCAB59 #CEC185 #E0D7B1 #F1EDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CEC185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC185

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC185	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.080 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded3a9',
    500: '#cec185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec185;
$custom-light: #ded3a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80758,
    "c": 0.07973,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC185

secondary

#5764A1

accent

#48B630

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC185

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

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