#CEC565#CEC565

#CEC565 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.119 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC565
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 51%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -9.62, 48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 49.70, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0285 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.119 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7701, 53.9954, 20.2152)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC565 #656ECE

analogous

#CE9065 #CEC565 #A3CE65

triadic

#CEC565 #65CEC5 #C565CE

tetradic

#CEC565 #65CE90 #656ECE #CE65A3

square

#CEC565 #65CE90 #656ECE #CE65A3

split-complementary

#CEC565 #65A3CE #9065CE

monochromatic

#8C842D #BAB03B #CEC565 #DDD693 #ECE8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CEC565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC565

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC565	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.119 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd693',
    500: '#cec565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec565;
$custom-light: #dfd693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81097,
    "c": 0.11865,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC565

secondary

#454B93

accent

#33BF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC565

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

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