#CEC187#CEC187

#CEC187 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.077 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC187
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 135)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 34.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -4.03, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 31.16, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0095 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.077 97)
XYZ	xyz(48.8974, 53.0124, 30.5736)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC187 #8794CE

analogous

#CE9E87 #CEC187 #B8CE87

triadic

#CEC187 #87CEC1 #C187CE

tetradic

#CEC187 #87CE9E #8794CE #CE87B8

square

#CEC187 #87CE9E #8794CE #CE87B8

split-complementary

#CEC187 #87B8CE #9E87CE

monochromatic

#9B8A3F #BCAB5C #CEC187 #E0D7B2 #F1EEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CEC187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC187

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC187	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.077 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded3aa',
    500: '#cec187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec187;
$custom-light: #ded3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80795,
    "c": 0.07736,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.53011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC187

secondary

#5865A1

accent

#49B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC187

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

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