#CECC97#CECC97

#CECC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.070 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECC97
RGB	rgb(206, 204, 151)
HSL	hsl(58, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(58, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 26.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -7.68, 26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 27.83, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0193 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.07 106)
XYZ	xyz(52.6325, 58.5427, 37.7994)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECC97 #9799CE

analogous

#CEB097 #CECC97 #B5CE97

triadic

#CECC97 #97CECC #CC97CE

tetradic

#CECC97 #97CEB0 #9799CE #CE97B5

square

#CECC97 #97CEB0 #9799CE #CE97B5

split-complementary

#CECC97 #97B5CE #B097CE

monochromatic

#9F9C4B #BAB86D #CECC97 #E2E0C1 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#CECC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#CECC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECC97

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECC97	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 204, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.070 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddbb6',
    500: '#cecc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecc97;
$custom-light: #dddbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83383,
    "c": 0.07003,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.58542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECC97

secondary

#6668A3

accent

#3BAF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECC97

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

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