#CEC489#CEC489

#CEC489 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.078 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC489
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 33.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -5.34, 30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 31.39, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0132 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.078 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7095, 54.4090, 31.5455)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC489 #8993CE

analogous

#CEA189 #CEC489 #B6CE89

triadic

#CEC489 #89CEC4 #C489CE

tetradic

#CEC489 #89CEA1 #8993CE #CE89B6

square

#CEC489 #89CEA1 #8993CE #CE89B6

split-complementary

#CEC489 #89B6CE #A189CE

monochromatic

#9C8F41 #BCAE5E #CEC489 #E0DAB4 #F2EFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CEC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC489

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC489	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)

#CFC085

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C58B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.078 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded5ac',
    500: '#cec489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec489;
$custom-light: #ded5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 41.317,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81452,
    "c": 0.07804,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC489

secondary

#5964A2

accent

#44B431

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC489

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

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