#CEC577#CEC577

#CEC577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.100 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC577
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(54, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 42.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -7.90, 40.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 40.94, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0218 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.1 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7506, 54.3876, 25.3790)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC577 #7780CE

analogous

#CE9977 #CEC577 #ABCE77

triadic

#CEC577 #77CEC5 #C577CE

tetradic

#CEC577 #77CE99 #7780CE #CE77AB

square

#CEC577 #77CE99 #7780CE #CE77AB

split-complementary

#CEC577 #77ABCE #9977CE

monochromatic

#958B36 #BEB24A #CEC577 #DED8A4 #EEEBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CEC577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC577

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC577	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)

#D2C071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.100 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded69f',
    500: '#cec577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec577;
$custom-light: #ded69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 47.027,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81352,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC577

secondary

#4E569B

accent

#3ABA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC577

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

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