#CEC255#CEC255

#CEC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.130 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC255
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -9.35, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 55.89, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0295 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.13 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3867, 52.3630, 16.2562)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC255 #5561CE

analogous

#CE8655 #CEC255 #9DCE55

triadic

#CEC255 #55CEC2 #C255CE

tetradic

#CEC255 #55CE86 #5561CE #CE559D

square

#CEC255 #55CE86 #5561CE #CE559D

split-complementary

#CEC255 #559DCE #8655CE

monochromatic

#837A26 #B2A633 #CEC255 #DCD385 #E9E4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CEC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC255

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC255	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)

#D2BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.130 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d489',
    500: '#cec255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec255;
$custom-light: #e0d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8028,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC255

secondary

#3D458A

accent

#58DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC255

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

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