#CEC355#CEC355

#CEC355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC355
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -9.86, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 56.27, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0309 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.131 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6100, 52.8096, 16.3306)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC355 #5560CE

analogous

#CE8655 #CEC355 #9DCE55

triadic

#CEC355 #55CEC3 #C355CE

tetradic

#CEC355 #55CE86 #5560CE #CE559D

square

#CEC355 #55CE86 #5560CE #CE559D

split-complementary

#CEC355 #559DCE #8655CE

monochromatic

#837A26 #B2A733 #CEC355 #DCD485 #E9E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CEC355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC355

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC355	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)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d489',
    500: '#cec355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec355;
$custom-light: #e0d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8049,
    "c": 0.13143,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC355

secondary

#3D448A

accent

#57DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC355

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

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