#CEC25E#CEC25E

#CEC25E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC25E
RGB	rgb(206, 194, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -8.66, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 51.80, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0265 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.122 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7673, 52.5152, 18.2604)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC25E #5E6ACE

analogous

#CE8A5E #CEC25E #A2CE5E

triadic

#CEC25E #5ECEC2 #C25ECE

tetradic

#CEC25E #5ECE8A #5E6ACE #CE5EA2

square

#CEC25E #5ECE8A #5E6ACE #CE5EA2

split-complementary

#CEC25E #5EA2CE #8A5ECE

monochromatic

#887E29 #B7A938 #CEC25E #DCD48D #EBE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CEC25E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#CEC25E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC25E

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC25E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC25E	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec25e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 194, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48e',
    500: '#cec25e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec25e;
$custom-light: #dfd48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec25e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80381,
    "c": 0.12239,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC25E

secondary

#414A8F

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC25E

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

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