#CEC596#CEC596

#CEC596 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.063 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC596
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 27.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -4.20, 24.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 25.12, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0093 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.063 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9251, 55.2574, 36.8313)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC596 #969FCE

analogous

#CEA996 #CEC596 #BBCE96

triadic

#CEC596 #96CEC5 #C596CE

tetradic

#CEC596 #96CEA9 #969FCE #CE96BB

square

#CEC596 #96CEA9 #969FCE #CE96BB

split-complementary

#CEC596 #96BBCE #A996CE

monochromatic

#9F924A #BBAE6C #CEC596 #E1DCC0 #F5F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CEC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC596

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC596	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.063 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6b5',
    500: '#cec596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec596;
$custom-light: #ddd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81914,
    "c": 0.06324,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC596

secondary

#656FA3

accent

#4AAF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC596

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

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