#CEC05C#CEC05C

#CEC05C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC05C
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 55.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -7.79, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 51.96, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0242 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2366, 51.5955, 17.6465)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC05C #5C6ACE

analogous

#CE875C #CEC05C #A3CE5C

triadic

#CEC05C #5CCEC0 #C05CCE

tetradic

#CEC05C #5CCE87 #5C6ACE #CE5CA3

square

#CEC05C #5CCE87 #5C6ACE #CE5CA3

split-complementary

#CEC05C #5CA3CE #875CCE

monochromatic

#877B29 #B6A637 #CEC05C #DCD28B #EAE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CEC05C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CEC05C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC05C

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC05C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC05C	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)

#CFBB52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec05c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28d',
    500: '#cec05c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec05c;
$custom-light: #dfd28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec05c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79938,
    "c": 0.12234,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC05C

secondary

#404A8E

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC05C

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

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