#CEC96C#CEC96C

#CEC96C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.116 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC96C
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 108)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 47.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -11.03, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 48.04, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0318 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.116 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0482, 55.9791, 22.4058)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC96C #6C71CE

analogous

#CE986C #CEC96C #A2CE6C

triadic

#CEC96C #6CCEC9 #C96CCE

tetradic

#CEC96C #6CCE98 #6C71CE #CE6CA2

square

#CEC96C #6CCE98 #6C71CE #CE6CA2

split-complementary

#CEC96C #6CA2CE #986CCE

monochromatic

#908B30 #BEB73F #CEC96C #DDDA9A #EDEBC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CEC96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CEC96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC96C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC96C	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C364

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.116 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd998',
    500: '#cec96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec96c;
$custom-light: #dfd998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82032,
    "c": 0.11583,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC96C

secondary

#484C96

accent

#30BD28

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC96C

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

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