#CECC96#CECC96

#CECC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.071 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC96
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 150)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 27.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -7.82, 27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 28.34, 106.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0197 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.071 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.5516, 58.5104, 37.3735)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC96 #9698CE

analogous

#CEB096 #CECC96 #B4CE96

triadic

#CECC96 #96CECC #CC96CE

tetradic

#CECC96 #96CEB0 #9698CE #CE96B4

square

#CECC96 #96CEB0 #9698CE #CE96B4

split-complementary

#CECC96 #96B4CE #B096CE

monochromatic

#9F9C4A #BBB86C #CECC96 #E1E0C0 #F5F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#CECC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC96

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC96	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.071 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddbb5',
    500: '#cecc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc96;
$custom-light: #dddbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83363,
    "c": 0.07127,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC96

secondary

#6567A3

accent

#3BAF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC96

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

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