#CEC253#CEC253

#CEC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.132 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC253
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -9.49, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 56.77, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0301 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.132 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3084, 52.3316, 15.8436)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC253 #535FCE

analogous

#CE8553 #CEC253 #9DCE53

triadic

#CEC253 #53CEC2 #C253CE

tetradic

#CEC253 #53CE85 #535FCE #CE539D

square

#CEC253 #53CE85 #535FCE #CE539D

split-complementary

#CEC253 #539DCE #8553CE

monochromatic

#827925 #B1A533 #CEC253 #DCD383 #E9E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CEC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC253

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC253	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.132 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d488',
    500: '#cec253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec253;
$custom-light: #e0d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80259,
    "c": 0.13218,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC253

secondary

#3C4489

accent

#57DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC253

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

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