#CEC257#CEC257

#CEC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.129 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC257
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -9.20, 54.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 54.99, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0288 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.129 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4673, 52.3952, 16.6806)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC257 #5763CE

analogous

#CE8757 #CEC257 #9ECE57

triadic

#CEC257 #57CEC2 #C257CE

tetradic

#CEC257 #57CE87 #5763CE #CE579E

square

#CEC257 #57CE87 #5763CE #CE579E

split-complementary

#CEC257 #579ECE #8757CE

monochromatic

#847B27 #B3A734 #CEC257 #DCD386 #EAE4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CEC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC257

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC257	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)

#D2BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.129 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d48a',
    500: '#cec257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec257;
$custom-light: #e0d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80301,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC257

secondary

#3E468B

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC257

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

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