#CEC387#CEC387

#CEC387 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.079 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC387
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 34.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -5.07, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 31.99, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0125 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.079 99)
XYZ	xyz(49.3425, 53.9026, 30.7220)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC387 #8792CE

analogous

#CEA087 #CEC387 #B6CE87

triadic

#CEC387 #87CEC3 #C387CE

tetradic

#CEC387 #87CEA0 #8792CE #CE87B6

square

#CEC387 #87CEA0 #8792CE #CE87B6

split-complementary

#CEC387 #87B6CE #A087CE

monochromatic

#9B8D3F #BCAD5C #CEC387 #E0D9B2 #F1EEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CEC387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC387

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC387	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.079 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded5aa',
    500: '#cec387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec387;
$custom-light: #ded5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81208,
    "c": 0.07938,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.53901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC387

secondary

#5863A1

accent

#45B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC387

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

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