#CEC488#CEC488

#CEC488 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.079 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC488
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 34%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -5.47, 31.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 31.91, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0136 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.079 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.6381, 54.3805, 31.1694)
Luminance	0.5438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC488 #8892CE

analogous

#CEA188 #CEC488 #B5CE88

triadic

#CEC488 #88CEC4 #C488CE

tetradic

#CEC488 #88CEA1 #8892CE #CE88B5

square

#CEC488 #88CEA1 #8892CE #CE88B5

split-complementary

#CEC488 #88B5CE #A188CE

monochromatic

#9C8E40 #BCAF5D #CEC488 #E0D9B3 #F2EFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CEC488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC488

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC488	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC084

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C58A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.079 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded5ab',
    500: '#cec488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec488;
$custom-light: #ded5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81433,
    "c": 0.07923,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC488

secondary

#5963A2

accent

#44B531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC488

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

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