#CEC985#CEC985

#CEC985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.088 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC985
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(56, 43%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 35.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -8.40, 34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 35.65, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.0222 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.088 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5745, 56.5897, 30.4445)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC985 #858ACE

analogous

#CEA585 #CEC985 #AFCE85

triadic

#CEC985 #85CEC9 #C985CE

tetradic

#CEC985 #85CEA5 #858ACE #CE85AF

square

#CEC985 #85CEA5 #858ACE #CE85AF

split-complementary

#CEC985 #85AFCE #A585CE

monochromatic

#9B943E #BCB659 #CEC985 #E0DCB1 #F1F0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CEC985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#CEC985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC985

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC985	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.088 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded9a9',
    500: '#cec985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec985;
$custom-light: #ded9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 42.69,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8242,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC985

secondary

#575CA1

accent

#39B630

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC985

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

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