#CEC685#CEC685

#CEC685 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.085 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC685
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 133)
HSL	hsl(53, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 35.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -6.86, 33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 34.31, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0178 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.085 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.8820, 55.2046, 30.2136)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC685 #858DCE

analogous

#CEA285 #CEC685 #B2CE85

triadic

#CEC685 #85CEC6 #C685CE

tetradic

#CEC685 #85CEA2 #858DCE #CE85B2

square

#CEC685 #85CEA2 #858DCE #CE85B2

split-complementary

#CEC685 #85B2CE #A285CE

monochromatic

#9B903E #BCB259 #CEC685 #E0DAB1 #F1EFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CEC685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC685

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC685	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.085 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded7a9',
    500: '#cec685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec685;
$custom-light: #ded7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81794,
    "c": 0.08493,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC685

secondary

#575FA1

accent

#3EB630

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC685

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

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