#CEC271#CEC271

#CEC271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.103 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC271
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 113)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 45.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -6.96, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 42.67, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0196 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.103 101)
XYZ	xyz(47.7272, 52.8991, 23.3160)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC271 #717DCE

analogous

#CE9371 #CEC271 #ACCE71

triadic

#CEC271 #71CEC2 #C271CE

tetradic

#CEC271 #71CE93 #717DCE #CE71AC

square

#CEC271 #71CE93 #717DCE #CE71AC

split-complementary

#CEC271 #71ACCE #9371CE

monochromatic

#928632 #BEAE44 #CEC271 #DED69E #EDE9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CEC271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC271

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC271	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.103 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded49b',
    500: '#cec271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec271;
$custom-light: #ded49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80635,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.52898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC271

secondary

#4B5598

accent

#3CBC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC271

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

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