#CEC666#CEC666

#CEC666 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.119 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC666
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 102)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 50%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 50.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -10.04, 48.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 49.64, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0296 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.119 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0473, 54.4708, 20.5507)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC666 #666ECE

analogous

#CE9266 #CEC666 #A2CE66

triadic

#CEC666 #66CEC6 #C666CE

tetradic

#CEC666 #66CE92 #666ECE #CE66A2

square

#CEC666 #66CE92 #666ECE #CE66A2

split-complementary

#CEC666 #66A2CE #9266CE

monochromatic

#8D852D #BBB13C #CEC666 #DDD794 #ECE9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC666 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#CEC666 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC666

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC666	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC666	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec666;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.119 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd794',
    500: '#cec666',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec666;
$custom-light: #dfd794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec666",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC666

secondary

#454B93

accent

#32BF27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC666

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

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