#CEC35A#CEC35A

#CEC35A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC35A
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -9.49, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 54.02, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0293 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.127 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8157, 52.8918, 17.4140)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC35A #5A65CE

analogous

#CE895A #CEC35A #9FCE5A

triadic

#CEC35A #5ACEC3 #C35ACE

tetradic

#CEC35A #5ACE89 #5A65CE #CE5A9F

square

#CEC35A #5ACE89 #5A65CE #CE5A9F

split-complementary

#CEC35A #5A9FCE #895ACE

monochromatic

#867D28 #B5A936 #CEC35A #DCD489 #EAE5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CEC35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC35A

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC35A	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48c',
    500: '#cec35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec35a;
$custom-light: #dfd48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80544,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC35A

secondary

#3F478D

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC35A

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

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