#CEC66A#CEC66A

#CEC66A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.115 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC66A
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 106)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 48.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -9.68, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 47.73, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0282 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.115 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2504, 54.5520, 21.6208)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC66A #6A72CE

analogous

#CE946A #CEC66A #A4CE6A

triadic

#CEC66A #6ACEC6 #C66ACE

tetradic

#CEC66A #6ACE94 #6A72CE #CE6AA4

square

#CEC66A #6ACE94 #6A72CE #CE6AA4

split-complementary

#CEC66A #6AA4CE #946ACE

monochromatic

#8F872F #BDB33E #CEC66A #DDD898 #ECE9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#CEC66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC66A

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC66A	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C062

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.115 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd797',
    500: '#cec66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec66a;
$custom-light: #dfd797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 50.505,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81373,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC66A

secondary

#474D95

accent

#34BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC66A

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

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