#CEC55D#CEC55D

#CEC55D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.126 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC55D
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 54.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -10.28, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 53.44, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0312 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.126 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3971, 53.8462, 18.2505)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC55D #5D66CE

analogous

#CE8C5D #CEC55D #9ECE5D

triadic

#CEC55D #5DCEC5 #C55DCE

tetradic

#CEC55D #5DCE8C #5D66CE #CE5D9E

square

#CEC55D #5DCE8C #5D66CE #CE5D9E

split-complementary

#CEC55D #5D9ECE #8C5DCE

monochromatic

#888029 #B7AC37 #CEC55D #DCD68C #EAE7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CEC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC55D

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC55D	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)

#D4BF53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.126 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68e',
    500: '#cec55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec55d;
$custom-light: #dfd68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC55D

secondary

#41478E

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC55D

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

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