#CEC868#CEC868

#CEC868 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.119 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC868
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 104)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 50%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 49.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -10.88, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 49.52, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0318 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.119 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6078, 55.4312, 21.2328)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC868 #686ECE

analogous

#CE9568 #CEC868 #A1CE68

triadic

#CEC868 #68CEC8 #C868CE

tetradic

#CEC868 #68CE95 #686ECE #CE68A1

square

#CEC868 #68CE95 #686ECE #CE68A1

split-complementary

#CEC868 #68A1CE #9568CE

monochromatic

#8E882E #BCB43D #CEC868 #DDD996 #ECEAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CEC868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC868

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC868	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.119 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd895',
    500: '#cec868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec868;
$custom-light: #dfd895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81768,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC868

secondary

#464B94

accent

#30BE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC868

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

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