#CEC53F#CEC53F

#CEC53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.150 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC53F
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 69.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -12.22, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 66.03, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.04 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.15 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3189, 53.4149, 12.5719)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC53F #3F48CE

analogous

#CE7E3F #CEC53F #8FCE3F

triadic

#CEC53F #3FCEC5 #C53FCE

tetradic

#CEC53F #3FCE7E #3F48CE #CE3F8F

square

#CEC53F #3FCE7E #3F48CE #CE3F8F

split-complementary

#CEC53F #3F8FCE #7E3FCE

monochromatic

#756F1E #A69E2A #CEC53F #DAD470 #E7E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CEC53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CEC53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC53F

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC53F	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)

#D6BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.150 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1d67c',
    500: '#cec53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec53f;
$custom-light: #e1d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.224,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80718,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC53F

secondary

#34387D

accent

#4FE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC53F

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

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