#CEC35C#CEC35C

#CEC35C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.125 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC35C
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 92)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 55.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -9.33, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 53.11, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0286 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.125 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9020, 52.9264, 17.8683)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC35C #5C67CE

analogous

#CE8A5C #CEC35C #A0CE5C

triadic

#CEC35C #5CCEC3 #C35CCE

tetradic

#CEC35C #5CCE8A #5C67CE #CE5CA0

square

#CEC35C #5CCE8A #5C67CE #CE5CA0

split-complementary

#CEC35C #5CA0CE #8A5CCE

monochromatic

#877E29 #B6AA37 #CEC35C #DCD48B #EAE6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC35C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CEC35C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC35C

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC35C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC35C	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec35c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.125 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48d',
    500: '#cec35c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec35c;
$custom-light: #dfd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec35c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80567,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC35C

secondary

#40488E

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC35C

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

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