#CEC055#CEC055

#CEC055 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.129 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC055
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 85)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -8.32, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 55.14, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0265 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.129 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9446, 51.4787, 16.1088)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC055 #5563CE

analogous

#CE8455 #CEC055 #A0CE55

triadic

#CEC055 #55CEC0 #C055CE

tetradic

#CEC055 #55CE84 #5563CE #CE55A0

square

#CEC055 #55CE84 #5563CE #CE55A0

split-complementary

#CEC055 #55A0CE #8455CE

monochromatic

#837826 #B2A433 #CEC055 #DCD285 #E9E3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC055 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CEC055 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC055

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC055	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC055	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec055;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.129 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d289',
    500: '#cec055',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec055;
$custom-light: #e0d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec055",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79859,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC055

secondary

#3D468A

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC055

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

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