#CEC896#CEC896

#CEC896 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.067 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC896
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 150)
HSL	hsl(54, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 27.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -5.75, 25.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 26.46, 102.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.0138 0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.067 102)
XYZ	xyz(51.6131, 56.6333, 37.0607)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC896 #969CCE

analogous

#CEAC96 #CEC896 #B8CE96

triadic

#CEC896 #96CEC8 #C896CE

tetradic

#CEC896 #96CEAC #969CCE #CE96B8

square

#CEC896 #96CEAC #969CCE #CE96B8

split-complementary

#CEC896 #96B8CE #AC96CE

monochromatic

#9F964A #BBB26C #CEC896 #E1DEC0 #F5F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CEC896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#CEC896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC896

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC896	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.067 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd8b5',
    500: '#cec896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec896;
$custom-light: #ddd8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82533,
    "c": 0.06654,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.56632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC896

secondary

#656CA3

accent

#43AF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC896

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

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