#CEC55B#CEC55B

#CEC55B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.128 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC55B
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -10.43, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 54.35, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0319 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.128 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3097, 53.8112, 17.7900)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC55B #5B64CE

analogous

#CE8B5B #CEC55B #9ECE5B

triadic

#CEC55B #5BCEC5 #C55BCE

tetradic

#CEC55B #5BCE8B #5B64CE #CE5B9E

square

#CEC55B #5BCE8B #5B64CE #CE5B9E

split-complementary

#CEC55B #5B9ECE #8B5BCE

monochromatic

#867F28 #B6AC36 #CEC55B #DCD68A #EAE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CEC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CEC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC55B

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC55B	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)

#D4BF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.128 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68d',
    500: '#cec55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec55b;
$custom-light: #dfd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80977,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC55B

secondary

#40468D

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC55B

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

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