#CEC866#CEC866

#CEC866 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.121 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC866
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 102)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 50.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -11.06, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 50.47, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0325 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.121 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5074, 55.3911, 20.7041)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC866 #666CCE

analogous

#CE9466 #CEC866 #A0CE66

triadic

#CEC866 #66CEC8 #C866CE

tetradic

#CEC866 #66CE94 #666CCE #CE66A0

square

#CEC866 #66CE94 #666CCE #CE66A0

split-complementary

#CEC866 #66A0CE #9466CE

monochromatic

#8D872D #BBB43C #CEC866 #DDD994 #ECE9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CEC866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC866

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC866	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.121 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd894',
    500: '#cec866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec866;
$custom-light: #dfd894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 51.485,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81742,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC866

secondary

#454A93

accent

#2FBF27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC866

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

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