#CECB99#CECB99

#CECB99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.066 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECB99
RGB	rgb(206, 203, 153)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -6.90, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 26.31, 105.20°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.017 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.066 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5594, 58.1344, 38.5831)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECB99 #999CCE

analogous

#CEB099 #CECB99 #B6CE99

triadic

#CECB99 #99CECB #CB99CE

tetradic

#CECB99 #99CEB0 #999CCE #CE99B6

square

#CECB99 #99CEB0 #999CCE #CE99B6

split-complementary

#CECB99 #99B6CE #B099CE

monochromatic

#A09B4D #BAB670 #CECB99 #E2E0C2 #F5F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CECB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#CECB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECB99

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECB99	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 203, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.066 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddab7',
    500: '#cecb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecb99;
$custom-light: #dddab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83216,
    "c": 0.06631,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECB99

secondary

#686BA3

accent

#3EAE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECB99

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

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