#CEC54B#CEC54B

#CEC54B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.141 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC54B
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 63.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -11.54, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 61.31, 100.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0368 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.141 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6916, 53.5640, 14.5346)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC54B #4B54CE

analogous

#CE844B #CEC54B #95CE4B

triadic

#CEC54B #4BCEC5 #C54BCE

tetradic

#CEC54B #4BCE84 #4B54CE #CE4B95

square

#CEC54B #4BCE84 #4B54CE #CE4B95

split-complementary

#CEC54B #4B95CE #844BCE

monochromatic

#7D7622 #ADA42F #CEC54B #DBD57B #E8E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CEC54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC54B

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC54B	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.141 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d683',
    500: '#cec54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec54b;
$custom-light: #e0d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80816,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC54B

secondary

#393E84

accent

#52E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC54B

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

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