#CEC15C#CEC15C

#CEC15C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC15C
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 92)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 55.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -8.31, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 52.34, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0257 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(46.4569, 52.0361, 17.7200)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC15C #5C69CE

analogous

#CE885C #CEC15C #A2CE5C

triadic

#CEC15C #5CCEC1 #C15CCE

tetradic

#CEC15C #5CCE88 #5C69CE #CE5CA2

square

#CEC15C #5CCE88 #5C69CE #CE5CA2

split-complementary

#CEC15C #5CA2CE #885CCE

monochromatic

#877C29 #B6A837 #CEC15C #DCD38B #EAE5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC15C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CEC15C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC15C

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC15C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC15C	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec15c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38d',
    500: '#cec15c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec15c;
$custom-light: #dfd38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec15c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80147,
    "c": 0.12329,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.52034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC15C

secondary

#40498E

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC15C

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

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