#CEC992#CEC992

#CEC992 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.073 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC992
RGB	rgb(206, 201, 146)
HSL	hsl(55, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 29.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -6.80, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 28.99, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0169 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.073 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5288, 56.9714, 35.4707)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC992 #9297CE

analogous

#CEAB92 #CEC992 #B5CE92

triadic

#CEC992 #92CEC9 #C992CE

tetradic

#CEC992 #92CEAB #9297CE #CE92B5

square

#CEC992 #92CEAB #9297CE #CE92B5

split-complementary

#CEC992 #92B5CE #AB92CE

monochromatic

#9E9747 #BBB468 #CEC992 #E1DEBC #F4F3E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CEC992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#CEC992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC992

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC992	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C58E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 201, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.073 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd9b2',
    500: '#cec992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec992;
$custom-light: #ddd9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 37.975,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82661,
    "c": 0.07265,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC992

secondary

#6166A3

accent

#3FB135

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC992

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

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