#CEC587#CEC587

#CEC587 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.081 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC587
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 135)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 34%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 34.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -6.10, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 32.85, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0155 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.081 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7937, 54.8048, 30.8723)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC587 #8790CE

analogous

#CEA287 #CEC587 #B4CE87

triadic

#CEC587 #87CEC5 #C587CE

tetradic

#CEC587 #87CEA2 #8790CE #CE87B4

square

#CEC587 #87CEA2 #8790CE #CE87B4

split-complementary

#CEC587 #87B4CE #A287CE

monochromatic

#9B903F #BCB05C #CEC587 #E0DAB2 #F1EFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CEC587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC587

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC587	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.081 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded6aa',
    500: '#cec587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec587;
$custom-light: #ded6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 42.012,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81622,
    "c": 0.08149,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC587

secondary

#5861A1

accent

#41B530

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC587

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

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