#CEC660#CEC660

#CEC660 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.124 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC660
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 53.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -10.55, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 52.45, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0317 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.124 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7604, 54.3560, 19.0400)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC660 #6068CE

analogous

#CE8F60 #CEC660 #9FCE60

triadic

#CEC660 #60CEC6 #C660CE

tetradic

#CEC660 #60CE8F #6068CE #CE609F

square

#CEC660 #60CE8F #6068CE #CE609F

split-complementary

#CEC660 #609FCE #8F60CE

monochromatic

#89822A #B8AF39 #CEC660 #DCD78F #EBE8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CEC660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC660

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC660	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.124 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd790',
    500: '#cec660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec660;
$custom-light: #dfd790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 52.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81246,
    "c": 0.12448,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC660

secondary

#424890

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC660

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

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