#CEC550#CEC550

#CEC550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.138 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC550
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -11.22, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 59.21, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0354 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.138 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8695, 53.6351, 15.4716)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC550 #5059CE

analogous

#CE8650 #CEC550 #98CE50

triadic

#CEC550 #50CEC5 #C550CE

tetradic

#CEC550 #50CE86 #5059CE #CE5098

square

#CEC550 #50CE86 #5059CE #CE5098

split-complementary

#CEC550 #5098CE #8650CE

monochromatic

#807924 #B0A731 #CEC550 #DBD580 #E9E5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CEC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC550

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC550	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.138 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d686',
    500: '#cec550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec550;
$custom-light: #e0d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80862,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC550

secondary

#3B4087

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC550

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

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