#CEC453#CEC453

#CEC453 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.134 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC453
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -10.51, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 57.53, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.033 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.134 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7565, 53.2278, 15.9930)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC453 #535DCE

analogous

#CE8753 #CEC453 #9BCE53

triadic

#CEC453 #53CEC4 #C453CE

tetradic

#CEC453 #53CE87 #535DCE #CE539B

square

#CEC453 #53CE87 #535DCE #CE539B

split-complementary

#CEC453 #539BCE #8753CE

monochromatic

#827A25 #B1A733 #CEC453 #DCD483 #E9E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CEC453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC453

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC453	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.134 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d588',
    500: '#cec453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec453;
$custom-light: #e0d588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8068,
    "c": 0.13409,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC453

secondary

#3C4289

accent

#55DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC453

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

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