#CEC53D#CEC53D

#CEC53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.151 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC53D
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -12.32, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 66.76, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0405 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.151 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2640, 53.3930, 12.2829)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC53D #3D46CE

analogous

#CE7D3D #CEC53D #8ECE3D

triadic

#CEC53D #3DCEC5 #C53DCE

tetradic

#CEC53D #3DCE7D #3D46CE #CE3D8E

square

#CEC53D #3DCE7D #3D46CE #CE3D8E

split-complementary

#CEC53D #3D8ECE #7D3DCE

monochromatic

#736E1D #A49D29 #CEC53D #DAD46E #E7E29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CEC53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC53D

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC53D	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.151 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d67b',
    500: '#cec53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec53d;
$custom-light: #e1d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.276,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80704,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC53D

secondary

#33387C

accent

#4FE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC53D

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

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