#CEC46D#CEC46D

#CEC46D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.110 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC46D
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 47.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -8.38, 44.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 45.45, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0241 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.11 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9550, 53.7073, 22.3055)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC46D #6D77CE

analogous

#CE946D #CEC46D #A8CE6D

triadic

#CEC46D #6DCEC4 #C46DCE

tetradic

#CEC46D #6DCE94 #6D77CE #CE6DA8

square

#CEC46D #6DCE94 #6D77CE #CE6DA8

split-complementary

#CEC46D #6DA8CE #946DCE

monochromatic

#908630 #BEB140 #CEC46D #DDD79B #EDE9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC46D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CEC46D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC46D

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC46D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC46D	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BF66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec46d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.110 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd598',
    500: '#cec46d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec46d;
$custom-light: #dfd598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec46d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.814,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80995,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC46D

secondary

#495196

accent

#38BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC46D

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

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