#CEC36D#CEC36D

#CEC36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.109 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC36D
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 47.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -7.86, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 45.04, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0226 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.109 102)
XYZ	xyz(47.7302, 53.2577, 22.2305)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC36D #6D78CE

analogous

#CE936D #CEC36D #A9CE6D

triadic

#CEC36D #6DCEC3 #C36DCE

tetradic

#CEC36D #6DCE93 #6D78CE #CE6DA9

square

#CEC36D #6DCE93 #6D78CE #CE6DA9

split-complementary

#CEC36D #6DA9CE #936DCE

monochromatic

#908530 #BEB040 #CEC36D #DDD69B #EDE9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CEC36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC36D

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC36D	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.109 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd598',
    500: '#cec36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec36d;
$custom-light: #dfd598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.196,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80786,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.53256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC36D

secondary

#495296

accent

#39BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC36D

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

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