#CEC679#CEC679

#CEC679 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.099 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC679
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(54, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -8.20, 39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 40.37, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0225 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.099 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.0998, 54.8918, 26.0942)
Luminance	0.5489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC679 #7981CE

analogous

#CE9C79 #CEC679 #ACCE79

triadic

#CEC679 #79CEC6 #C679CE

tetradic

#CEC679 #79CE9C #7981CE #CE79AC

square

#CEC679 #79CE9C #7981CE #CE79AC

split-complementary

#CEC679 #79ACCE #9C79CE

monochromatic

#968D37 #BEB34C #CEC679 #DED9A6 #EFECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CEC679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC679

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC679	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C173

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.099 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded7a1',
    500: '#cec679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec679;
$custom-light: #ded7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.353,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81593,
    "c": 0.09868,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC679

secondary

#4F579C

accent

#39BA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC679

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

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