#CEC157#CEC157

#CEC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.128 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC157
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -8.69, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 54.62, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0274 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.128 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2455, 51.9516, 16.6066)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC157 #5764CE

analogous

#CE8557 #CEC157 #A0CE57

triadic

#CEC157 #57CEC1 #C157CE

tetradic

#CEC157 #57CE85 #5764CE #CE57A0

square

#CEC157 #57CE85 #5764CE #CE57A0

split-complementary

#CEC157 #57A0CE #8557CE

monochromatic

#847A27 #B3A634 #CEC157 #DCD286 #EAE4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CEC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC157

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC157	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)

#D1BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.128 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d38a',
    500: '#cec157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec157;
$custom-light: #e0d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80091,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC157

secondary

#3E468B

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC157

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

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