#CEC772#CEC772

#CEC772 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.107 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC772
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 44.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -9.43, 43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 44.27, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0267 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.107 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9153, 55.1849, 23.9914)
Luminance	0.5518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC772 #7279CE

analogous

#CE9972 #CEC772 #A7CE72

triadic

#CEC772 #72CEC7 #C772CE

tetradic

#CEC772 #72CE99 #7279CE #CE72A7

square

#CEC772 #72CE99 #7279CE #CE72A7

split-complementary

#CEC772 #72A7CE #9972CE

monochromatic

#938B33 #BEB545 #CEC772 #DED99F #EEEBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CEC772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC772

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC772	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)

#D4C26B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.107 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded79c',
    500: '#cec772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec772;
$custom-light: #ded79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.435,
    "s": 48.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81696,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC772

secondary

#4B5199

accent

#35BC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC772

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

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