#CEC469#CEC469

#CEC469 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.114 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC469
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 105)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 49%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.24, -8.75, 46.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.24, 47.39, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0256 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.114 103)
XYZ	xyz(47.7446, 53.6231, 21.1971)
Luminance	0.5362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC469 #6973CE

analogous

#CE9169 #CEC469 #A5CE69

triadic

#CEC469 #69CEC4 #C469CE

tetradic

#CEC469 #69CE91 #6973CE #CE69A5

square

#CEC469 #69CE91 #6973CE #CE69A5

split-complementary

#CEC469 #69A5CE #9169CE

monochromatic

#8E852E #BCB03E #CEC469 #DDD697 #ECE8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC469 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CEC469 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC469

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC469	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC469	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec469;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.114 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd596',
    500: '#cec469',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec469;
$custom-light: #dfd596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec469",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.059,
    "s": 50.754,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8094,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.53622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC469

secondary

#474E95

accent

#36BE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC469

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

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