#CEC655#CEC655

#CEC655 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.134 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC655
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -11.39, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 57.42, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0353 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.134 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.2889, 54.1674, 16.5569)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC655 #555DCE

analogous

#CE8A55 #CEC655 #9ACE55

triadic

#CEC655 #55CEC6 #C655CE

tetradic

#CEC655 #55CE8A #555DCE #CE559A

square

#CEC655 #55CE8A #555DCE #CE559A

split-complementary

#CEC655 #559ACE #8A55CE

monochromatic

#837D26 #B2AA33 #CEC655 #DCD685 #E9E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CEC655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC655

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC655	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D6BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.134 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d789',
    500: '#cec655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec655;
$custom-light: #e0d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81124,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC655

secondary

#3D428A

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC655

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

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