#CECD99#CECD99

#CECD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.069 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECD99
RGB	rgb(206, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(59, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(59, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -7.93, 26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 27.28, 106.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.02 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.069 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.0347, 59.0851, 38.7416)
Luminance	0.5908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECD99 #999ACE

analogous

#CEB299 #CECD99 #B4CE99

triadic

#CECD99 #99CECD #CD99CE

tetradic

#CECD99 #99CEB2 #999ACE #CE99B4

square

#CECD99 #99CEB2 #999ACE #CE99B4

split-complementary

#CECD99 #99B4CE #B299CE

monochromatic

#A09E4D #BAB970 #CECD99 #E2E1C2 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#CECD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#CECD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECD99

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECD99	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cecd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.069 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb7',
    500: '#cecd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cecd99;
$custom-light: #dddcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cecd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83632,
    "c": 0.06876,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECD99

secondary

#6869A3

accent

#3AAE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECD99

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

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