#CEC55A#CEC55A

#CEC55A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.129 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC55A
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -10.51, 53.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 54.80, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0322 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.129 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2668, 53.7941, 17.5643)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC55A #5A63CE

analogous

#CE8B5A #CEC55A #9DCE5A

triadic

#CEC55A #5ACEC5 #C55ACE

tetradic

#CEC55A #5ACE8B #5A63CE #CE5A9D

square

#CEC55A #5ACE8B #5A63CE #CE5A9D

split-complementary

#CEC55A #5A9DCE #8B5ACE

monochromatic

#867F28 #B5AB36 #CEC55A #DCD689 #EAE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CEC55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC55A

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC55A	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.129 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68c',
    500: '#cec55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec55a;
$custom-light: #dfd68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80966,
    "c": 0.12898,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC55A

secondary

#3F458D

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC55A

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

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