#CEC86B#CEC86B

#CEC86B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.116 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC86B
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 48.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -10.61, 46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 48.09, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0307 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.116 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7629, 55.4933, 22.0497)
Luminance	0.5549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC86B #6B71CE

analogous

#CE976B #CEC86B #A3CE6B

triadic

#CEC86B #6BCEC8 #C86BCE

tetradic

#CEC86B #6BCE97 #6B71CE #CE6BA3

square

#CEC86B #6BCE97 #6B71CE #CE6BA3

split-complementary

#CEC86B #6BA3CE #976BCE

monochromatic

#8F892F #BDB63F #CEC86B #DDD999 #ECEAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CEC86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC86B

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC86B	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)

#D6C263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.116 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd897',
    500: '#cec86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec86b;
$custom-light: #dfd897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 50.254,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81808,
    "c": 0.11577,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC86B

secondary

#484C96

accent

#31BE28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC86B

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

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