#CEC15D#CEC15D

#CEC15D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC15D
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -8.23, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 51.87, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0254 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(46.5009, 52.0537, 17.9517)
Luminance	0.5205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC15D #5D6ACE

analogous

#CE885D #CEC15D #A2CE5D

triadic

#CEC15D #5DCEC1 #C15DCE

tetradic

#CEC15D #5DCE88 #5D6ACE #CE5DA2

square

#CEC15D #5DCE88 #5D6ACE #CE5DA2

split-complementary

#CEC15D #5DA2CE #885DCE

monochromatic

#887D29 #B7A837 #CEC15D #DCD38C #EAE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CEC15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC15D

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC15D	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)

#D0BC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38e',
    500: '#cec15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec15d;
$custom-light: #dfd38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80159,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.52052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC15D

secondary

#414A8E

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC15D

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

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