#CEC155#CEC155

#CEC155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC155
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -8.83, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 55.51, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.028 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1649, 51.9193, 16.1823)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC155 #5562CE

analogous

#CE8555 #CEC155 #9ECE55

triadic

#CEC155 #55CEC1 #C155CE

tetradic

#CEC155 #55CE85 #5562CE #CE559E

square

#CEC155 #55CE85 #5562CE #CE559E

split-complementary

#CEC155 #559ECE #8555CE

monochromatic

#837926 #B2A533 #CEC155 #DCD285 #E9E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CEC155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC155

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC155	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	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)

#D1BB49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d389',
    500: '#cec155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec155;
$custom-light: #e0d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80069,
    "c": 0.12954,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC155

secondary

#3D458A

accent

#59DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC155

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

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