#CEC455#CEC455

#CEC455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.132 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC455
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -10.37, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 56.65, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0324 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.132 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8348, 53.2592, 16.4056)
Luminance	0.5326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC455 #555FCE

analogous

#CE8755 #CEC455 #9CCE55

triadic

#CEC455 #55CEC4 #C455CE

tetradic

#CEC455 #55CE87 #555FCE #CE559C

square

#CEC455 #55CE87 #555FCE #CE559C

split-complementary

#CEC455 #559CCE #8755CE

monochromatic

#837B26 #B2A833 #CEC455 #DCD485 #E9E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CEC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC455

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC455	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)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.132 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d589',
    500: '#cec455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec455;
$custom-light: #e0d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.041,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80701,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC455

secondary

#3D438A

accent

#56DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC455

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

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