#CEC36B#CEC36B

#CEC36B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.111 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC36B
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 48.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -8.05, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 46.01, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0234 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.111 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.6238, 53.2151, 21.6700)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC36B #6B76CE

analogous

#CE926B #CEC36B #A8CE6B

triadic

#CEC36B #6BCEC3 #C36BCE

tetradic

#CEC36B #6BCE92 #6B76CE #CE6BA8

square

#CEC36B #6BCE92 #6B76CE #CE6BA8

split-complementary

#CEC36B #6BA8CE #926BCE

monochromatic

#8F852F #BDAF3F #CEC36B #DDD699 #ECE8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CEC36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC36B

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC36B	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)

#D1BE63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C36F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.111 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd597',
    500: '#cec36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec36b;
$custom-light: #dfd597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 50.254,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80758,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC36B

secondary

#485096

accent

#39BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC36B

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

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