#CEC266#CEC266

#CEC266 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.115 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC266
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 50.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -7.99, 47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 48.02, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0237 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.115 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1450, 52.6663, 20.2500)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC266 #6672CE

analogous

#CE8E66 #CEC266 #A6CE66

triadic

#CEC266 #66CEC2 #C266CE

tetradic

#CEC266 #66CE8E #6672CE #CE66A6

square

#CEC266 #66CE8E #6672CE #CE66A6

split-complementary

#CEC266 #66A6CE #8E66CE

monochromatic

#8D822D #BBAC3C #CEC266 #DDD494 #ECE7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC266 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CEC266 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC266

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC266	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC266	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)

#D1BD5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C26A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec266;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.115 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd494',
    500: '#cec266',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec266;
$custom-light: #dfd494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec266",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80481,
    "c": 0.11466,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC266

secondary

#454E93

accent

#38BF27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC266

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

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