#CEC86E#CEC86E

#CEC86E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.113 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC86E
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 46.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -10.33, 45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 46.64, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0296 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.113 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9235, 55.5575, 22.8954)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC86E #6E74CE

analogous

#CE986E #CEC86E #A4CE6E

triadic

#CEC86E #6ECEC8 #C86ECE

tetradic

#CEC86E #6ECE98 #6E74CE #CE6EA4

square

#CEC86E #6ECE98 #6E74CE #CE6EA4

split-complementary

#CEC86E #6EA4CE #986ECE

monochromatic

#918B31 #BEB740 #CEC86E #DDD99C #EDEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC86E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CEC86E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC86E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC86E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC86E	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C266

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec86e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.113 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd899',
    500: '#cec86e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec86e;
$custom-light: #dfd899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec86e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 49.485,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81849,
    "c": 0.11268,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC86E

secondary

#494E97

accent

#32BD29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC86E

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

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