#CEC38E#CEC38E

#CEC38E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.071 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC38E
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 142)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 31.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -4.20, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 28.40, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0096 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.071 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8517, 54.1062, 33.4034)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC38E #8E99CE

analogous

#CEA38E #CEC38E #B9CE8E

triadic

#CEC38E #8ECEC3 #C38ECE

tetradic

#CEC38E #8ECEA3 #8E99CE #CE8EB9

square

#CEC38E #8ECEA3 #8E99CE #CE8EB9

split-complementary

#CEC38E #8EB9CE #A38ECE

monochromatic

#9D8E44 #BBAC63 #CEC38E #E1DAB9 #F3F0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CEC38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC38E

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC38E	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)

#CDC08A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.071 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5af',
    500: '#cec38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec38e;
$custom-light: #ddd5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.687,
    "s": 39.506,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81341,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC38E

secondary

#5D69A3

accent

#49B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC38E

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

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