#CEC778#CEC778

#CEC778 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.101 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC778
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 120)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 41.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -8.82, 40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 41.30, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0244 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.101 104)
XYZ	xyz(49.2681, 55.3260, 25.8493)
Luminance	0.5533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC778 #787FCE

analogous

#CE9C78 #CEC778 #AACE78

triadic

#CEC778 #78CEC7 #C778CE

tetradic

#CEC778 #78CE9C #787FCE #CE78AA

square

#CEC778 #78CE9C #787FCE #CE78AA

split-complementary

#CEC778 #78AACE #9C78CE

monochromatic

#958E36 #BEB44B #CEC778 #DEDAA5 #EFECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CEC778 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC778

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC778	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.101 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded7a0',
    500: '#cec778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec778;
$custom-light: #ded7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.116,
    "s": 46.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81786,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.55325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC778

secondary

#4F559B

accent

#37BA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC778

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

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