#CEC55F#CEC55F

#CEC55F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.124 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC55F
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 53.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -10.12, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 52.51, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0306 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.124 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4868, 53.8821, 18.7231)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC55F #5F68CE

analogous

#CE8E5F #CEC55F #A0CE5F

triadic

#CEC55F #5FCEC5 #C55FCE

tetradic

#CEC55F #5FCE8E #5F68CE #CE5FA0

square

#CEC55F #5FCE8E #5F68CE #CE5FA0

split-complementary

#CEC55F #5FA0CE #8E5FCE

monochromatic

#89812A #B8AD38 #CEC55F #DCD68E #EBE7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CEC55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC55F

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC55F	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.124 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd68f',
    500: '#cec55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec55f;
$custom-light: #dfd68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81023,
    "c": 0.1244,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC55F

secondary

#42488F

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC55F

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

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