#CEC66D#CEC66D

#CEC66D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.112 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC66D
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 109)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 47.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -9.40, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 46.28, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0271 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.112 104)
XYZ	xyz(48.4092, 54.6155, 22.4568)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC66D #6D75CE

analogous

#CE966D #CEC66D #A6CE6D

triadic

#CEC66D #6DCEC6 #C66DCE

tetradic

#CEC66D #6DCE96 #6D75CE #CE6DA6

square

#CEC66D #6DCE96 #6D75CE #CE6DA6

split-complementary

#CEC66D #6DA6CE #966DCE

monochromatic

#908830 #BEB440 #CEC66D #DDD89B #EDEAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC66D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CEC66D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC66D

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC66D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC66D	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec66d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.112 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd799',
    500: '#cec66d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec66d;
$custom-light: #dfd799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec66d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.052,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81414,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.54614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC66D

secondary

#494F96

accent

#35BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC66D

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

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