#CEC76D#CEC76D

#CEC76D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.113 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC76D
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 109)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 47.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -9.91, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 46.70, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0285 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.113 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.6385, 55.0742, 22.5333)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC76D #6D74CE

analogous

#CE976D #CEC76D #A5CE6D

triadic

#CEC76D #6DCEC7 #C76DCE

tetradic

#CEC76D #6DCE97 #6D74CE #CE6DA5

square

#CEC76D #6DCE97 #6D74CE #CE6DA5

split-complementary

#CEC76D #6DA5CE #976DCE

monochromatic

#908930 #BEB540 #CEC76D #DDD99B #EDEAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC76D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CEC76D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC76D

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC76D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC76D	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec76d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.113 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd799',
    500: '#cec76d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec76d;
$custom-light: #dfd799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec76d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.67,
    "s": 49.744,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81625,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC76D

secondary

#494E96

accent

#33BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC76D

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

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