#CEC057#CEC057

#CEC057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC057
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -8.17, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 54.24, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0259 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0252, 51.5109, 16.5332)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC057 #5765CE

analogous

#CE8457 #CEC057 #A1CE57

triadic

#CEC057 #57CEC0 #C057CE

tetradic

#CEC057 #57CE84 #5765CE #CE57A1

square

#CEC057 #57CE84 #5765CE #CE57A1

split-complementary

#CEC057 #57A1CE #8457CE

monochromatic

#847927 #B3A534 #CEC057 #DCD286 #EAE4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CEC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC057

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC057	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)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d28a',
    500: '#cec057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec057;
$custom-light: #e0d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79881,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC057

secondary

#3E478B

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC057

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

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