#CEC53E#CEC53E

#CEC53E 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	#CEC53E
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -12.27, 65.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 66.40, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0403 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.151 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2912, 53.4038, 12.4261)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC53E #3E47CE

analogous

#CE7D3E #CEC53E #8FCE3E

triadic

#CEC53E #3ECEC5 #C53ECE

tetradic

#CEC53E #3ECE7D #3E47CE #CE3E8F

square

#CEC53E #3ECE7D #3E47CE #CE3E8F

split-complementary

#CEC53E #3E8FCE #7D3ECE

monochromatic

#746F1D #A59D2A #CEC53E #DAD46F #E7E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CEC53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC53E

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC53E	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)

#D6BE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.151 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d67c',
    500: '#cec53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec53e;
$custom-light: #e1d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80711,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC53E

secondary

#33387D

accent

#4FE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC53E

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

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