#CEC46A#CEC46A

#CEC46A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.113 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC46A
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 48.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -8.66, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 46.90, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0252 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.113 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7963, 53.6438, 21.4694)
Luminance	0.5364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC46A #6A74CE

analogous

#CE926A #CEC46A #A6CE6A

triadic

#CEC46A #6ACEC4 #C46ACE

tetradic

#CEC46A #6ACE92 #6A74CE #CE6AA6

square

#CEC46A #6ACE92 #6A74CE #CE6AA6

split-complementary

#CEC46A #6AA6CE #926ACE

monochromatic

#8F852F #BDB03E #CEC46A #DDD698 #ECE8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC46A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CEC46A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC46A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC46A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC46A	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec46a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.113 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd596',
    500: '#cec46a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec46a;
$custom-light: #dfd596;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec46a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80953,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC46A

secondary

#474F95

accent

#37BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC46A

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

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