#CEC38F#CEC38F

#CEC38F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.070 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC38F
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 143)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 30.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -4.07, 27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 27.88, 98.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0092 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.07 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9271, 54.1364, 33.8006)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC38F #8F9ACE

analogous

#CEA38F #CEC38F #B9CE8F

triadic

#CEC38F #8FCEC3 #C38FCE

tetradic

#CEC38F #8FCEA3 #8F9ACE #CE8FB9

square

#CEC38F #8FCEA3 #8F9ACE #CE8FB9

split-complementary

#CEC38F #8FB9CE #A38FCE

monochromatic

#9E8E45 #BBAC64 #CEC38F #E1DABA #F3F1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CEC38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC38F

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC38F	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC08C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.070 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd5b0',
    500: '#cec38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec38f;
$custom-light: #ddd5b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 39.13,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8136,
    "c": 0.06976,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC38F

secondary

#5E6AA3

accent

#4AB233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC38F

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

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