#CEC877#CEC877

#CEC877 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.103 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC877
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 119)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 42.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -9.44, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 42.23, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0262 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.103 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4386, 55.7636, 25.6083)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC877 #777DCE

analogous

#CE9C77 #CEC877 #A8CE77

triadic

#CEC877 #77CEC8 #C877CE

tetradic

#CEC877 #77CE9C #777DCE #CE77A8

square

#CEC877 #77CE9C #777DCE #CE77A8

split-complementary

#CEC877 #77A8CE #9C77CE

monochromatic

#958E36 #BEB64A #CEC877 #DEDAA4 #EEECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CEC877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#CEC877 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC877

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC877	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.103 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded89f',
    500: '#cec877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec877;
$custom-light: #ded89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 47.027,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81981,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC877

secondary

#4E549B

accent

#35BA2B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC877

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

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