#CEC357#CEC357

#CEC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.130 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC357
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -9.71, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 55.38, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0303 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.13 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.6906, 52.8418, 16.7550)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC357 #5762CE

analogous

#CE8857 #CEC357 #9DCE57

triadic

#CEC357 #57CEC3 #C357CE

tetradic

#CEC357 #57CE88 #5762CE #CE579D

square

#CEC357 #57CE88 #5762CE #CE579D

split-complementary

#CEC357 #579DCE #8857CE

monochromatic

#847B27 #B3A834 #CEC357 #DCD486 #EAE5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CEC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CEC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC357

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC357	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.130 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d48a',
    500: '#cec357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec357;
$custom-light: #e0d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80511,
    "c": 0.1297,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC357

secondary

#3E458B

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC357

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

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