#CEC555#CEC555

#CEC555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.133 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC555
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -10.88, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 57.03, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0338 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.133 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0611, 53.7118, 16.4810)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC555 #555ECE

analogous

#CE8955 #CEC555 #9BCE55

triadic

#CEC555 #55CEC5 #C555CE

tetradic

#CEC555 #55CE89 #555ECE #CE559B

square

#CEC555 #55CE89 #555ECE #CE559B

split-complementary

#CEC555 #559BCE #8955CE

monochromatic

#837C26 #B2A933 #CEC555 #DCD585 #E9E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CEC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC555

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC555	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)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.133 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d689',
    500: '#cec555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec555;
$custom-light: #e0d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80912,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC555

secondary

#3D438A

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC555

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

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