#CEC553#CEC553

#CEC553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.135 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC553
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -11.02, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 57.91, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0345 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.135 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9828, 53.6805, 16.0684)
Luminance	0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC553 #535CCE

analogous

#CE8853 #CEC553 #9ACE53

triadic

#CEC553 #53CEC5 #C553CE

tetradic

#CEC553 #53CE88 #535CCE #CE539A

square

#CEC553 #53CE88 #535CCE #CE539A

split-complementary

#CEC553 #539ACE #8853CE

monochromatic

#827B25 #B1A833 #CEC553 #DCD583 #E9E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CEC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC553

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC553	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.135 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d688',
    500: '#cec553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec553;
$custom-light: #e0d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80892,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC553

secondary

#3C4289

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC553

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

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