#CEC653#CEC653

#CEC653 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.136 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC653
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -11.53, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 58.30, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0359 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.136 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2106, 54.1361, 16.1444)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC653 #535BCE

analogous

#CE8953 #CEC653 #98CE53

triadic

#CEC653 #53CEC6 #C653CE

tetradic

#CEC653 #53CE89 #535BCE #CE5398

square

#CEC653 #53CE89 #535BCE #CE5398

split-complementary

#CEC653 #5398CE #8953CE

monochromatic

#827C25 #B1A933 #CEC653 #DCD683 #E9E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CEC653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CEC653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC653

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC653	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.136 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d788',
    500: '#cec653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec653;
$custom-light: #e0d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81103,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC653

secondary

#3C4189

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC653

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

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