#CEC56A#CEC56A

#CEC56A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.114 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC56A
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 48.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.52, -9.17, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.52, 47.31, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0267 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.114 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.0226, 54.0964, 21.5449)
Luminance	0.5410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC56A #6A73CE

analogous

#CE936A #CEC56A #A5CE6A

triadic

#CEC56A #6ACEC5 #C56ACE

tetradic

#CEC56A #6ACE93 #6A73CE #CE6AA5

square

#CEC56A #6ACE93 #6A73CE #CE6AA5

split-complementary

#CEC56A #6AA5CE #936ACE

monochromatic

#8F862F #BDB13E #CEC56A #DDD798 #ECE9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CEC56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC56A

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC56A	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.114 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd696',
    500: '#cec56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec56a;
$custom-light: #dfd696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.6,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81163,
    "c": 0.11364,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC56A

secondary

#474E95

accent

#35BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC56A

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

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