#CEC35E#CEC35E

#CEC35E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.123 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC35E
RGB	rgb(206, 195, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -9.18, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 52.19, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.028 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.123 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9906, 52.9618, 18.3349)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC35E #5E69CE

analogous

#CE8B5E #CEC35E #A1CE5E

triadic

#CEC35E #5ECEC3 #C35ECE

tetradic

#CEC35E #5ECE8B #5E69CE #CE5EA1

square

#CEC35E #5ECE8B #5E69CE #CE5EA1

split-complementary

#CEC35E #5EA1CE #8B5ECE

monochromatic

#887F29 #B7AB38 #CEC35E #DCD48D #EBE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CEC35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CEC35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC35E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC35E	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)

#D2BD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 195, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.123 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48f',
    500: '#cec35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec35e;
$custom-light: #dfd48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.107,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80591,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC35E

secondary

#41498F

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC35E

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

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