#CECB79#CECB79

#CECB79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.104 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB79
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(58, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -10.76, 41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 42.58, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0298 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.104 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2616, 57.2153, 26.4814)
Luminance	0.5721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB79 #797CCE

analogous

#CEA179 #CECB79 #A7CE79

triadic

#CECB79 #79CECB #CB79CE

tetradic

#CECB79 #79CEA1 #797CCE #CE79A7

square

#CECB79 #79CEA1 #797CCE #CE79A7

split-complementary

#CECB79 #79A7CE #A179CE

monochromatic

#969237 #BEBA4C #CECB79 #DEDCA6 #EFEED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#CECB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#CECB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB79

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB79	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.104 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dedaa1',
    500: '#cecb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb79;
$custom-light: #dedaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.882,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82642,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB79

secondary

#4F529C

accent

#31BA2C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB79

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

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