#CEC353#CEC353

#CEC353 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.133 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC353
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -10.00, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 57.15, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0316 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.133 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.5317, 52.7782, 15.9181)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC353 #535ECE

analogous

#CE8653 #CEC353 #9CCE53

triadic

#CEC353 #53CEC3 #C353CE

tetradic

#CEC353 #53CE86 #535ECE #CE539C

square

#CEC353 #53CE86 #535ECE #CE539C

split-complementary

#CEC353 #539CCE #8653CE

monochromatic

#827925 #B1A633 #CEC353 #DCD483 #E9E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CEC353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC353

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC353	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.133 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d488',
    500: '#cec353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec353;
$custom-light: #e0d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80469,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC353

secondary

#3C4389

accent

#56DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC353

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

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