#CEC38D#CEC38D

#CEC38D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.072 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC38D
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 141)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 31.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -4.33, 28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 28.91, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.01 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.072 98)
XYZ	xyz(49.7769, 54.0763, 33.0098)
Luminance	0.5407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC38D #8D98CE

analogous

#CEA28D #CEC38D #B8CE8D

triadic

#CEC38D #8DCEC3 #C38DCE

tetradic

#CEC38D #8DCEA2 #8D98CE #CE8DB8

square

#CEC38D #8DCEA2 #8D98CE #CE8DB8

split-complementary

#CEC38D #8DB8CE #A28DCE

monochromatic

#9D8E44 #BCAC62 #CEC38D #E0DAB8 #F3F0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CEC38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC38D

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC38D	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C48F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.072 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded5ae',
    500: '#cec38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec38d;
$custom-light: #ded5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 39.877,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.07218,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.54075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC38D

secondary

#5C68A3

accent

#48B333

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC38D

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

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