#CEC35D#CEC35D

#CEC35D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.124 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC35D
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 54.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -9.25, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 52.65, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0283 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.124 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9460, 52.9440, 18.1001)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC35D #5D68CE

analogous

#CE8A5D #CEC35D #A0CE5D

triadic

#CEC35D #5DCEC3 #C35DCE

tetradic

#CEC35D #5DCE8A #5D68CE #CE5DA0

square

#CEC35D #5DCE8A #5D68CE #CE5DA0

split-complementary

#CEC35D #5DA0CE #8A5DCE

monochromatic

#887E29 #B7AA37 #CEC35D #DCD48C #EAE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CEC35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC35D

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC35D	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)

#D2BD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.124 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48e',
    500: '#cec35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec35d;
$custom-light: #dfd48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.159,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80579,
    "c": 0.12429,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC35D

secondary

#41488E

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC35D

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

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