#CEC45C#CEC45C

#CEC45C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.126 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC45C
RGB	rgb(206, 196, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 55.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -9.85, 52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 53.50, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.78% -0.0301 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(80.78% 0.126 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1268, 53.3760, 17.9433)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC45C #5C66CE

analogous

#CE8B5C #CEC45C #9FCE5C

triadic

#CEC45C #5CCEC4 #C45CCE

tetradic

#CEC45C #5CCE8B #5C66CE #CE5C9F

square

#CEC45C #5CCE8B #5C66CE #CE5C9F

split-complementary

#CEC45C #5C9FCE #8B5CCE

monochromatic

#877F29 #B6AB37 #CEC45C #DCD58B #EAE6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CEC45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC45C

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC45C	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 196, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.126 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58d',
    500: '#cec45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec45c;
$custom-light: #dfd58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80778,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC45C

secondary

#40478E

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC45C

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

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