#CEC558#CEC558

#CEC558 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.131 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC558
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 57.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -10.66, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 55.70, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0329 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.131 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1828, 53.7605, 17.1220)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC558 #5861CE

analogous

#CE8A58 #CEC558 #9CCE58

triadic

#CEC558 #58CEC5 #C558CE

tetradic

#CEC558 #58CE8A #5861CE #CE589C

square

#CEC558 #58CE8A #5861CE #CE589C

split-complementary

#CEC558 #589CCE #8A58CE

monochromatic

#857E27 #B4AA35 #CEC558 #DCD587 #EAE6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CEC558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC558

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC558	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)

#D4BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.131 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68b',
    500: '#cec558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec558;
$custom-light: #dfd68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80944,
    "c": 0.13076,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC558

secondary

#3E448C

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC558

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

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