#CEC487#CEC487

#CEC487 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.080 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC487
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 34.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -5.59, 31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 32.42, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.014 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.08 100)
XYZ	xyz(49.5673, 54.3522, 30.7969)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC487 #8791CE

analogous

#CEA187 #CEC487 #B5CE87

triadic

#CEC487 #87CEC4 #C487CE

tetradic

#CEC487 #87CEA1 #8791CE #CE87B5

square

#CEC487 #87CEA1 #8791CE #CE87B5

split-complementary

#CEC487 #87B5CE #A187CE

monochromatic

#9B8E3F #BCAF5C #CEC487 #E0D9B2 #F1EFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CEC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC487

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC487	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.080 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded5aa',
    500: '#cec487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec487;
$custom-light: #ded5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81415,
    "c": 0.08042,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.54351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC487

secondary

#5862A1

accent

#43B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC487

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

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