#CEC36E#CEC36E

#CEC36E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.107 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC36E
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 46.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -7.77, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 44.55, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0223 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.107 102)
XYZ	xyz(47.7844, 53.2793, 22.5157)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC36E #6E79CE

analogous

#CE936E #CEC36E #A9CE6E

triadic

#CEC36E #6ECEC3 #C36ECE

tetradic

#CEC36E #6ECE93 #6E79CE #CE6EA9

square

#CEC36E #6ECE93 #6E79CE #CE6EA9

split-complementary

#CEC36E #6EA9CE #936ECE

monochromatic

#918631 #BEB040 #CEC36E #DDD69C #EDE9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC36E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CEC36E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC36E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC36E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC36E	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec36e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.107 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd599',
    500: '#cec36e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec36e;
$custom-light: #dfd599;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec36e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 49.485,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.808,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.53278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC36E

secondary

#495297

accent

#3ABD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC36E

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

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