#CEC697#CEC697

#CEC697 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.063 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC697
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 26.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -4.58, 24.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 25.04, 100.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0104 0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.063 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2338, 55.7454, 37.3332)
Luminance	0.5574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC697 #979FCE

analogous

#CEAB97 #CEC697 #BACE97

triadic

#CEC697 #97CEC6 #C697CE

tetradic

#CEC697 #97CEAB #979FCE #CE97BA

square

#CEC697 #97CEAB #979FCE #CE97BA

split-complementary

#CEC697 #97BACE #AB97CE

monochromatic

#9F934B #BAAF6D #CEC697 #E2DDC1 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CEC697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC697

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC697	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.063 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd7b6',
    500: '#cec697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec697;
$custom-light: #ddd7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82141,
    "c": 0.06306,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC697

secondary

#666FA3

accent

#48AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC697

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

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