#CEC457#CEC457

#CEC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.131 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC457
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -10.22, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 55.76, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0317 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.131 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9154, 53.2914, 16.8299)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC457 #5761CE

analogous

#CE8957 #CEC457 #9DCE57

triadic

#CEC457 #57CEC4 #C457CE

tetradic

#CEC457 #57CE89 #5761CE #CE579D

square

#CEC457 #57CE89 #5761CE #CE579D

split-complementary

#CEC457 #579DCE #8957CE

monochromatic

#847C27 #B3A934 #CEC457 #DCD586 #EAE5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CEC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC457

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC457	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.131 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d58a',
    500: '#cec457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec457;
$custom-light: #e0d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.958,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80722,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC457

secondary

#3E448B

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC457

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

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