#CEC35B#CEC35B

#CEC35B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC35B
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -9.41, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 53.57, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.029 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8586, 52.9090, 17.6396)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC35B #5B66CE

analogous

#CE895B #CEC35B #9FCE5B

triadic

#CEC35B #5BCEC3 #C35BCE

tetradic

#CEC35B #5BCE89 #5B66CE #CE5B9F

square

#CEC35B #5BCE89 #5B66CE #CE5B9F

split-complementary

#CEC35B #5B9FCE #895BCE

monochromatic

#867D28 #B6A936 #CEC35B #DCD48A #EAE5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CEC35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC35B

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC35B	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)

#D2BD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48d',
    500: '#cec35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec35b;
$custom-light: #dfd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80556,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC35B

secondary

#40478D

accent

#58DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC35B

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

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