#CEC554#CEC554

#CEC554 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.134 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC554
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -10.95, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 57.47, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0342 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.134 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0217, 53.6960, 16.2732)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC554 #545DCE

analogous

#CE8854 #CEC554 #9ACE54

triadic

#CEC554 #54CEC5 #C554CE

tetradic

#CEC554 #54CE88 #545DCE #CE549A

square

#CEC554 #54CE88 #545DCE #CE549A

split-complementary

#CEC554 #549ACE #8854CE

monochromatic

#827B25 #B2A833 #CEC554 #DCD584 #E9E5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CEC554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC554

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC554	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)

#D5BF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.134 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d688',
    500: '#cec554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec554;
$custom-light: #e0d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80902,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC554

secondary

#3D428A

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC554

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

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