#CEC153#CEC153

#CEC153 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.131 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC153
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -8.97, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 56.40, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0286 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.131 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0866, 51.8880, 15.7697)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC153 #5360CE

analogous

#CE8453 #CEC153 #9DCE53

triadic

#CEC153 #53CEC1 #C153CE

tetradic

#CEC153 #53CE84 #5360CE #CE539D

square

#CEC153 #53CE84 #5360CE #CE539D

split-complementary

#CEC153 #539DCE #8453CE

monochromatic

#827825 #B1A433 #CEC153 #DCD283 #E9E3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CEC153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CEC153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC153

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC153	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.131 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d387',
    500: '#cec153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec153;
$custom-light: #e0d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80048,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC153

secondary

#3C4489

accent

#59DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC153

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

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