#CEC871#CEC871

#CEC871 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.110 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC871
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(56, 49%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 45.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -10.04, 44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 45.19, 102.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0285 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.11 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0896, 55.6239, 23.7702)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC871 #7177CE

analogous

#CE9971 #CEC871 #A5CE71

triadic

#CEC871 #71CEC8 #C871CE

tetradic

#CEC871 #71CE99 #7177CE #CE71A5

square

#CEC871 #71CE99 #7177CE #CE71A5

split-complementary

#CEC871 #71A5CE #9971CE

monochromatic

#928C32 #BEB644 #CEC871 #DEDA9E #EDEBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CEC871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC871

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC871	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.110 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded89b',
    500: '#cec871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec871;
$custom-light: #ded89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 48.691,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81891,
    "c": 0.10953,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC871

secondary

#4B5098

accent

#33BC2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC871

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

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