#CEC053#CEC053

#CEC053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.130 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC053
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -8.46, 55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 56.03, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0272 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.13 102)
XYZ	xyz(45.8662, 51.4474, 15.6963)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC053 #5361CE

analogous

#CE8353 #CEC053 #9FCE53

triadic

#CEC053 #53CEC0 #C053CE

tetradic

#CEC053 #53CE83 #5361CE #CE539F

square

#CEC053 #53CE83 #5361CE #CE539F

split-complementary

#CEC053 #539FCE #8353CE

monochromatic

#827725 #B1A333 #CEC053 #DCD183 #E9E3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CEC053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC053

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC053	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.130 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d287',
    500: '#cec053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec053;
$custom-light: #e0d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79838,
    "c": 0.13033,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.51446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC053

secondary

#3C4589

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC053

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

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