#CECE99#CECE99

#CECE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.070 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CECE99
RGB	rgb(206, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(60, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.60, -8.44, 26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.60, 27.77, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0214 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.07 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.2747, 59.5651, 38.8215)
Luminance	0.5956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CECE99 #9999CE

analogous

#CEB399 #CECE99 #B3CE99

triadic

#CECE99 #99CECE #CE99CE

tetradic

#CECE99 #99CEB3 #9999CE #CE99B3

square

#CECE99 #99CEB3 #9999CE #CE99B3

split-complementary

#CECE99 #99B3CE #B399CE

monochromatic

#A0A04D #BABA70 #CECE99 #E2E2C2 #F5F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#CECE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#CECE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CECE99

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CECE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CECE99	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6C7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cece99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.070 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dddcb7',
    500: '#cece99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cece99;
$custom-light: #dddcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cece99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8384,
    "c": 0.07002,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CECE99

secondary

#6868A3

accent

#38AE38

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #CECE99

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

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