#CECD97#CECD97

#CECD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.071 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD97
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(59, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 26.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -8.20, 27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 28.31, 106.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0208 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.071 107)
XYZ	xyz(52.8709, 59.0196, 37.8789)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD97 #9798CE

analogous

#CEB197 #CECD97 #B4CE97

triadic

#CECD97 #97CECD #CD97CE

tetradic

#CECD97 #97CEB1 #9798CE #CE97B4

square

#CECD97 #97CEB1 #9798CE #CE97B4

split-complementary

#CECD97 #97B4CE #B197CE

monochromatic

#9F9E4B #BAB96D #CECD97 #E2E1C1 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#CECD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD97

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD97	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)

#D6C993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.071 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb6',
    500: '#cecd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd97;
$custom-light: #dddcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83592,
    "c": 0.07126,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.59019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD97

secondary

#6667A3

accent

#39AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD97

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

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