#CEC56D#CEC56D

#CEC56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.111 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC56D
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 47.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -8.89, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 45.86, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0256 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.111 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1814, 54.1599, 22.3809)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC56D #6D76CE

analogous

#CE956D #CEC56D #A7CE6D

triadic

#CEC56D #6DCEC5 #C56DCE

tetradic

#CEC56D #6DCE95 #6D76CE #CE6DA7

square

#CEC56D #6DCE95 #6D76CE #CE6DA7

split-complementary

#CEC56D #6DA7CE #956DCE

monochromatic

#908730 #BEB240 #CEC56D #DDD79B #EDE9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CEC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC56D

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC56D	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C066

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.111 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd698',
    500: '#cec56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec56d;
$custom-light: #dfd698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.433,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81204,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC56D

secondary

#495096

accent

#36BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC56D

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

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