#CEC256#CEC256

#CEC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.130 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC256
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -9.27, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 55.44, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0291 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.13 103)
XYZ	xyz(46.4267, 52.3790, 16.4669)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC256 #5662CE

analogous

#CE8656 #CEC256 #9ECE56

triadic

#CEC256 #56CEC2 #C256CE

tetradic

#CEC256 #56CE86 #5662CE #CE569E

square

#CEC256 #56CE86 #5662CE #CE569E

split-complementary

#CEC256 #569ECE #8656CE

monochromatic

#837A26 #B3A634 #CEC256 #DCD385 #EAE4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CEC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC256

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC256	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.130 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d489',
    500: '#cec256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec256;
$custom-light: #e0d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8029,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.52377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC256

secondary

#3E458B

accent

#58DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC256

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

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