#CEC15E#CEC15E

#CEC15E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC15E
RGB	rgb(206, 193, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -8.15, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 51.41, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.025 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5455, 52.0716, 18.1865)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC15E #5E6BCE

analogous

#CE895E #CEC15E #A3CE5E

triadic

#CEC15E #5ECEC1 #C15ECE

tetradic

#CEC15E #5ECE89 #5E6BCE #CE5EA3

square

#CEC15E #5ECE89 #5E6BCE #CE5EA3

split-complementary

#CEC15E #5EA3CE #895ECE

monochromatic

#887D29 #B7A838 #CEC15E #DCD38D #EBE5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CEC15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CEC15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC15E

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC15E	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)

#D0BC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 193, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38e',
    500: '#cec15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec15e;
$custom-light: #dfd38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80171,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC15E

secondary

#414A8F

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC15E

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

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