#CECE97#CECE97

#CECE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.073 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE97
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 151)
HSL	hsl(60, 36%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 27%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 26.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -8.71, 27.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 28.80, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.8% -0.0222 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(83.8% 0.073 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1109, 59.4996, 37.9589)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE97 #9797CE

analogous

#CEB397 #CECE97 #B3CE97

triadic

#CECE97 #97CECE #CE97CE

tetradic

#CECE97 #97CEB3 #9797CE #CE97B3

square

#CECE97 #97CEB3 #9797CE #CE97B3

split-complementary

#CECE97 #97B2CE #B297CE

monochromatic

#9F9F4B #BABA6D #CECE97 #E2E2C1 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CECE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#CECE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE97

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE97	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.073 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb6',
    500: '#cece97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece97;
$custom-light: #dddcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.948,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.838,
    "c": 0.07251,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE97

secondary

#6666A3

accent

#37AF37

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE97

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

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