#CEC28D#CEC28D

#CEC28D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.071 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC28D
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 141)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 31.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -3.81, 28.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 28.49, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0085 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.071 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5536, 53.6297, 32.9353)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC28D #8D99CE

analogous

#CEA18D #CEC28D #B9CE8D

triadic

#CEC28D #8DCEC2 #C28DCE

tetradic

#CEC28D #8DCEA1 #8D99CE #CE8DB9

square

#CEC28D #8DCEA1 #8D99CE #CE8DB9

split-complementary

#CEC28D #8DB9CE #A18DCE

monochromatic

#9D8D44 #BCAB62 #CEC28D #E0D9B8 #F3F0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC28D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CEC28D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC28D

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC28D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC28D	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBF89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec28d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.071 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded4ae',
    500: '#cec28d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec28d;
$custom-light: #ded4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec28d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81115,
    "c": 0.07117,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC28D

secondary

#5C69A3

accent

#4AB333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC28D

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

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