#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
RGBrgb(206, 197, 83)
HSLhsl(56, 56%, 57%)
HSVhsv(56, 60%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.28, -11.02, 56.85)
CIE-LCHlch(78.28, 57.91, 100.97°)
OKLaboklab(80.89% -0.0345 0.1306)
OKLCHoklch(80.89% 0.135 104.8)
XYZxyz(46.9828, 53.6805, 16.0684)
Luminance0.5368 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##CEC5531.001.7911.7411.74
#FFFFFF1.791.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7421.001.001.00
##00000011.7421.001.001.00

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

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#CEC553 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva