#CEC55C#CEC55C

#CEC55C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.127 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC55C
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 55.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -10.36, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 53.89, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0316 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.127 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3531, 53.8286, 18.0187)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC55C #5C65CE

analogous

#CE8C5C #CEC55C #9ECE5C

triadic

#CEC55C #5CCEC5 #C55CCE

tetradic

#CEC55C #5CCE8C #5C65CE #CE5C9E

square

#CEC55C #5CCE8C #5C65CE #CE5C9E

split-complementary

#CEC55C #5C9ECE #8C5CCE

monochromatic

#878029 #B6AC37 #CEC55C #DCD68B #EAE6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CEC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC55C

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC55C	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.127 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68d',
    500: '#cec55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec55c;
$custom-light: #dfd68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80989,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC55C

secondary

#40468E

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC55C

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

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