#CEC05B#CEC05B

#CEC05B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC05B
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -7.87, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 52.42, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0246 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1931, 51.5781, 17.4178)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC05B #5B69CE

analogous

#CE865B #CEC05B #A2CE5B

triadic

#CEC05B #5BCEC0 #C05BCE

tetradic

#CEC05B #5BCE86 #5B69CE #CE5BA2

square

#CEC05B #5BCE86 #5B69CE #CE5BA2

split-complementary

#CEC05B #5BA2CE #865BCE

monochromatic

#867B28 #B6A636 #CEC05B #DCD28A #EAE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CEC05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC05B

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC05B	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28c',
    500: '#cec05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec05b;
$custom-light: #dfd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79926,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC05B

secondary

#40498D

accent

#5CDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC05B

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

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