#CEC968#CEC968

#CEC968 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.120 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC968
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 104)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 49.5%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -11.39, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 49.95, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0333 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.12 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8402, 55.8959, 21.3103)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC968 #686DCE

analogous

#CE9668 #CEC968 #A0CE68

triadic

#CEC968 #68CEC9 #C968CE

tetradic

#CEC968 #68CE96 #686DCE #CE68A0

square

#CEC968 #68CE96 #686DCE #CE68A0

split-complementary

#CEC968 #68A0CE #9668CE

monochromatic

#8E892E #BCB63D #CEC968 #DDDA96 #ECEAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CEC968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#CEC968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC968

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC968	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC76D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.120 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd995',
    500: '#cec968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec968;
$custom-light: #dfd995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 51,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81979,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC968

secondary

#464A94

accent

#2FBE27

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC968

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

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