#CEC869#CEC869

#CEC869 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.118 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC869
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 105)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 49%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -10.79, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 49.05, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0314 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.118 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.6589, 55.4517, 21.5019)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC869 #696FCE

analogous

#CE9569 #CEC869 #A1CE69

triadic

#CEC869 #69CEC8 #C869CE

tetradic

#CEC869 #69CE95 #696FCE #CE69A1

square

#CEC869 #69CE95 #696FCE #CE69A1

split-complementary

#CEC869 #69A1CE #9569CE

monochromatic

#8E882E #BCB53E #CEC869 #DDD997 #ECEAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#CEC869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC869

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC869	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)

#D6C261

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.118 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd896',
    500: '#cec869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec869;
$custom-light: #dfd896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.436,
    "s": 50.754,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81781,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC869

secondary

#474B95

accent

#30BE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC869

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

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