#CEC55E#CEC55E

#CEC55E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.125 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC55E
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -10.20, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 52.98, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0309 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.125 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4417, 53.8640, 18.4853)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC55E #5E67CE

analogous

#CE8D5E #CEC55E #9FCE5E

triadic

#CEC55E #5ECEC5 #C55ECE

tetradic

#CEC55E #5ECE8D #5E67CE #CE5E9F

square

#CEC55E #5ECE8D #5E67CE #CE5E9F

split-complementary

#CEC55E #5E9FCE #8D5ECE

monochromatic

#888129 #B7AD38 #CEC55E #DCD68D #EBE7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CEC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC55E

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC55E	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)

#D4BF54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.125 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68f',
    500: '#cec55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec55e;
$custom-light: #dfd68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81012,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC55E

secondary

#41478F

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC55E

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

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