#CEC36A#CEC36A

#CEC36A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.112 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC36A
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 106)
HSL	hsl(53, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -8.14, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 46.50, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0237 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.112 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5715, 53.1942, 21.3945)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC36A #6A75CE

analogous

#CE916A #CEC36A #A7CE6A

triadic

#CEC36A #6ACEC3 #C36ACE

tetradic

#CEC36A #6ACE91 #6A75CE #CE6AA7

square

#CEC36A #6ACE91 #6A75CE #CE6AA7

split-complementary

#CEC36A #6AA7CE #916ACE

monochromatic

#8F842F #BDAF3E #CEC36A #DDD698 #ECE8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC36A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CEC36A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC36A

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC36A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC36A	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec36a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.112 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd596',
    500: '#cec36a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec36a;
$custom-light: #dfd596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec36a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.4,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80744,
    "c": 0.11161,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC36A

secondary

#475095

accent

#38BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC36A

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

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