#CEC156#CEC156

#CEC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.129 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC156
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -8.76, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 55.07, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0277 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.129 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2049, 51.9353, 16.3930)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC156 #5663CE

analogous

#CE8556 #CEC156 #9FCE56

triadic

#CEC156 #56CEC1 #C156CE

tetradic

#CEC156 #56CE85 #5663CE #CE569F

square

#CEC156 #56CE85 #5663CE #CE569F

split-complementary

#CEC156 #569FCE #8556CE

monochromatic

#837926 #B3A534 #CEC156 #DCD285 #EAE4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CEC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC156

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC156	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.129 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d389',
    500: '#cec156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec156;
$custom-light: #e0d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8008,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC156

secondary

#3E468B

accent

#5ADE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC156

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

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