#CECD96#CECD96

#CECD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.072 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD96
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 27.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -8.33, 27.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 28.83, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.0212 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.073 107)
XYZ	xyz(52.7901, 58.9873, 37.4530)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD96 #9697CE

analogous

#CEB196 #CECD96 #B3CE96

triadic

#CECD96 #96CECD #CD96CE

tetradic

#CECD96 #96CEB1 #9697CE #CE96B3

square

#CECD96 #96CEB1 #9697CE #CE96B3

split-complementary

#CECD96 #96B3CE #B196CE

monochromatic

#9F9E4A #BBB96C #CECD96 #E1E1C0 #F5F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CECD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD96

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD96	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.072 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb5',
    500: '#cecd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd96;
$custom-light: #dddcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83572,
    "c": 0.0725,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.58986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD96

secondary

#6566A3

accent

#38AF36

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD96

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

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