#CEC563#CEC563

#CEC563 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.121 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC563
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 51.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -9.79, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 50.65, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0292 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.121 104)
XYZ	xyz(47.6733, 53.9567, 19.7054)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC563 #636CCE

analogous

#CE8F63 #CEC563 #A2CE63

triadic

#CEC563 #63CEC5 #C563CE

tetradic

#CEC563 #63CE8F #636CCE #CE63A2

square

#CEC563 #63CE8F #636CCE #CE63A2

split-complementary

#CEC563 #63A2CE #8F63CE

monochromatic

#8B832C #BAAF3A #CEC563 #DDD692 #EBE8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#CEC563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC563

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC563	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.121 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd692',
    500: '#cec563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec563;
$custom-light: #dfd692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81072,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.53955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC563

secondary

#444A92

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC563

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

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