#CEC265#CEC265

#CEC265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.116 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC265
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 51%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -8.08, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 48.50, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0241 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.116 102)
XYZ	xyz(47.0957, 52.6466, 19.9904)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC265 #6571CE

analogous

#CE8E65 #CEC265 #A5CE65

triadic

#CEC265 #65CEC2 #C265CE

tetradic

#CEC265 #65CE8E #6571CE #CE65A5

square

#CEC265 #65CE8E #6571CE #CE65A5

split-complementary

#CEC265 #65A5CE #8E65CE

monochromatic

#8C812D #BAAC3B #CEC265 #DDD493 #ECE7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CEC265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC265

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC265	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)

#D1BD5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.116 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd493',
    500: '#cec265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec265;
$custom-light: #dfd493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80468,
    "c": 0.11565,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.52645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC265

secondary

#454E93

accent

#38BF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC265

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

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