#CEC77F#CEC77F

#CEC77F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.093 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC77F
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 127)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 38.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -8.06, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 37.79, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0216 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.093 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7086, 55.5022, 28.1690)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC77F #7F86CE

analogous

#CEA07F #CEC77F #ADCE7F

triadic

#CEC77F #7FCEC7 #C77FCE

tetradic

#CEC77F #7FCEA0 #7F86CE #CE7FAD

square

#CEC77F #7FCEA0 #7F86CE #CE7FAD

split-complementary

#CEC77F #7FADCE #A07FCE

monochromatic

#98903A #BDB453 #CEC77F #DFDAAB #F0EED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC77F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CEC77F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC77F

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC77F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC77F	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C27A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec77f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.093 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded7a5',
    500: '#cec77f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec77f;
$custom-light: #ded7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec77f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.684,
    "s": 44.633,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81899,
    "c": 0.09299,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC77F

secondary

#535A9E

accent

#3AB82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC77F

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

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