#CEC356#CEC356

#CEC356 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	#CEC356
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -9.79, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 55.82, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0306 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.131 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6500, 52.8256, 16.5413)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC356 #5661CE

analogous

#CE8756 #CEC356 #9DCE56

triadic

#CEC356 #56CEC3 #C356CE

tetradic

#CEC356 #56CE87 #5661CE #CE569D

square

#CEC356 #56CE87 #5661CE #CE569D

split-complementary

#CEC356 #569DCE #8756CE

monochromatic

#837B26 #B3A734 #CEC356 #DCD485 #EAE5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CEC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC356

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC356	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)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d489',
    500: '#cec356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec356;
$custom-light: #e0d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80501,
    "c": 0.13057,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC356

secondary

#3E458B

accent

#57DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC356

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

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