#CEC86C#CEC86C

#CEC86C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.115 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC86C
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 108)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 47.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -10.52, 46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 47.61, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0304 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.115 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.8158, 55.5144, 22.3283)
Luminance	0.5551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC86C #6C72CE

analogous

#CE976C #CEC86C #A3CE6C

triadic

#CEC86C #6CCEC8 #C86CCE

tetradic

#CEC86C #6CCE97 #6C72CE #CE6CA3

square

#CEC86C #6CCE97 #6C72CE #CE6CA3

split-complementary

#CEC86C #6CA3CE #976CCE

monochromatic

#908A30 #BEB63F #CEC86C #DDD99A #EDEAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CEC86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC86C

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC86C	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)

#D6C264

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.115 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd898',
    500: '#cec86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec86c;
$custom-light: #dfd898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.327,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81821,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC86C

secondary

#484D96

accent

#31BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC86C

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

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