#CEC970#CEC970

#CEC970 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.112 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC970
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 49%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 45.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -10.65, 44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 46.11, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0303 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.112 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2659, 56.0663, 23.5528)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC970 #7075CE

analogous

#CE9A70 #CEC970 #A4CE70

triadic

#CEC970 #70CEC9 #C970CE

tetradic

#CEC970 #70CE9A #7075CE #CE70A4

square

#CEC970 #70CE9A #7075CE #CE70A4

split-complementary

#CEC970 #70A4CE #9A70CE

monochromatic

#928D32 #BEB842 #CEC970 #DEDA9E #EDEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CEC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CEC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC970

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC970	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.112 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd99b',
    500: '#cec970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec970;
$custom-light: #dfd99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.809,
    "s": 48.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82088,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC970

secondary

#4A4E98

accent

#31BC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC970

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

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