#CEC552#CEC552

#CEC552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.136 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC552
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 60.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -11.09, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 58.34, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0348 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.136 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9445, 53.6651, 15.8666)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC552 #525BCE

analogous

#CE8752 #CEC552 #99CE52

triadic

#CEC552 #52CEC5 #C552CE

tetradic

#CEC552 #52CE87 #525BCE #CE5299

square

#CEC552 #52CE87 #525BCE #CE5299

split-complementary

#CEC552 #5299CE #8752CE

monochromatic

#817A25 #B1A832 #CEC552 #DCD582 #E9E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CEC552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC552

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC552	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)

#D5BF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.136 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d687',
    500: '#cec552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec552;
$custom-light: #e0d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80882,
    "c": 0.13588,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC552

secondary

#3C4188

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC552

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

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