#CEC873#CEC873

#CEC873 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.107 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC873
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 115)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 44.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -9.84, 43.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 44.21, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0277 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.107 105)
XYZ	xyz(49.2034, 55.6695, 24.3697)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC873 #7379CE

analogous

#CE9A73 #CEC873 #A6CE73

triadic

#CEC873 #73CEC8 #C873CE

tetradic

#CEC873 #73CE9A #7379CE #CE73A6

square

#CEC873 #73CE9A #7379CE #CE73A6

split-complementary

#CEC873 #73A6CE #9A73CE

monochromatic

#938D33 #BEB646 #CEC873 #DEDAA0 #EEECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#CEC873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC873

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC873	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C26C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.107 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded89d',
    500: '#cec873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec873;
$custom-light: #ded89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.044,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81921,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.55668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC873

secondary

#4C5199

accent

#34BB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC873

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

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