#CEC54E#CEC54E

#CEC54E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.139 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC54E
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -11.35, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 60.06, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.036 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.139 105)
XYZ	xyz(46.7967, 53.6060, 15.0882)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC54E #4E57CE

analogous

#CE854E #CEC54E #97CE4E

triadic

#CEC54E #4ECEC5 #C54ECE

tetradic

#CEC54E #4ECE85 #4E57CE #CE4E97

square

#CEC54E #4ECE85 #4E57CE #CE4E97

split-complementary

#CEC54E #4E97CE #854ECE

monochromatic

#7F7823 #AEA630 #CEC54E #DBD57E #E9E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#CEC54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC54E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC54E	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.139 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d685',
    500: '#cec54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec54e;
$custom-light: #e0d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80843,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.53604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC54E

secondary

#3A3F86

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC54E

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

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