#CEC557#CEC557

#CEC557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.132 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC557
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -10.73, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 56.15, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0332 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.132 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1417, 53.7440, 16.9054)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC557 #5760CE

analogous

#CE8957 #CEC557 #9CCE57

triadic

#CEC557 #57CEC5 #C557CE

tetradic

#CEC557 #57CE89 #5760CE #CE579C

square

#CEC557 #57CE89 #5760CE #CE579C

split-complementary

#CEC557 #579CCE #8957CE

monochromatic

#847D27 #B3AA34 #CEC557 #DCD586 #EAE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CEC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC557

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC557	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.132 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d68a',
    500: '#cec557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec557;
$custom-light: #e0d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80933,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC557

secondary

#3E448B

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC557

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

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