#CEC05D#CEC05D

#CEC05D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC05D
RGB	rgb(206, 192, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 54.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -7.71, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 51.49, 98.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0239 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2806, 51.6131, 17.8783)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC05D #5D6BCE

analogous

#CE875D #CEC05D #A3CE5D

triadic

#CEC05D #5DCEC0 #C05DCE

tetradic

#CEC05D #5DCE87 #5D6BCE #CE5DA3

square

#CEC05D #5DCE87 #5D6BCE #CE5DA3

split-complementary

#CEC05D #5DA3CE #875DCE

monochromatic

#887C29 #B7A737 #CEC05D #DCD28C #EAE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC05D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CEC05D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC05D

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC05D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC05D	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	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)

#CFBB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec05d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 192, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28e',
    500: '#cec05d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec05d;
$custom-light: #dfd28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec05d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC05D

secondary

#414A8E

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC05D

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

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