#CEC299#CEC299

#CEC299 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.056 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC299
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(46, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -2.22, 22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 22.30, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0036 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.056 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4954, 54.0064, 37.8951)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC299 #99A5CE

analogous

#CEA799 #CEC299 #BFCE99

triadic

#CEC299 #99CEC2 #C299CE

tetradic

#CEC299 #99CEA7 #99A5CE #CE99BF

square

#CEC299 #99CEA7 #99A5CE #CE99BF

split-complementary

#CEC299 #99BFCE #A799CE

monochromatic

#A08D4D #BAA970 #CEC299 #E2DBC2 #F5F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CEC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC299

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC299	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.056 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd4b7',
    500: '#cec299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec299;
$custom-light: #ddd4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81361,
    "c": 0.05646,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC299

secondary

#6875A3

accent

#52AE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC299

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

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