#CEC573#CEC573

#CEC573 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.104 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC573
RGB	rgb(206, 197, 115)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 44%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 44.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -8.31, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 42.92, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0233 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.104 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5154, 54.2935, 24.1404)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC573 #737CCE

analogous

#CE9773 #CEC573 #A9CE73

triadic

#CEC573 #73CEC5 #C573CE

tetradic

#CEC573 #73CE97 #737CCE #CE73A9

square

#CEC573 #73CE97 #737CCE #CE73A9

split-complementary

#CEC573 #73A9CE #9773CE

monochromatic

#938A33 #BEB246 #CEC573 #DED8A0 #EEEBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CEC573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC573

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC573	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 197, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.104 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded69d',
    500: '#cec573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec573;
$custom-light: #ded69d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.066,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81291,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC573

secondary

#4C5499

accent

#38BB2A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC573

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

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