#CEC87F#CEC87F

#CEC87F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.094 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC87F
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 127)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(55, 38%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 38.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -8.58, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 38.24, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0231 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.094 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9394, 55.9639, 28.2460)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC87F #7F85CE

analogous

#CEA07F #CEC87F #ACCE7F

triadic

#CEC87F #7FCEC8 #C87FCE

tetradic

#CEC87F #7FCEA0 #7F85CE #CE7FAC

square

#CEC87F #7FCEA0 #7F85CE #CE7FAC

split-complementary

#CEC87F #7FACCE #A07FCE

monochromatic

#98913A #BDB553 #CEC87F #DFDBAB #F0EED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CEC87F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#CEC87F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC87F

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC87F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC87F	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C37A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec87f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.094 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded8a5',
    500: '#cec87f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec87f;
$custom-light: #ded8a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec87f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 44.633,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82108,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC87F

secondary

#53599E

accent

#38B82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC87F

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

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