#CEC560#CEC560

#CEC560 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.123 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC560
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 53.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -10.04, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 52.05, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0302 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.123 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5326, 53.9004, 18.9640)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC560 #6069CE

analogous

#CE8E60 #CEC560 #A0CE60

triadic

#CEC560 #60CEC5 #C560CE

tetradic

#CEC560 #60CE8E #6069CE #CE60A0

square

#CEC560 #60CE8E #6069CE #CE60A0

split-complementary

#CEC560 #60A0CE #8E60CE

monochromatic

#89822A #B8AE39 #CEC560 #DCD68F #EBE7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#CEC560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC560

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC560	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)

#D4BF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.123 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd690',
    500: '#cec560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec560;
$custom-light: #dfd690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 52.885,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81035,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC560

secondary

#424990

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC560

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

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