#CEC656#CEC656

#CEC656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.133 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC656
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -11.32, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 56.98, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.035 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.133 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3289, 54.1834, 16.7676)
Luminance	0.5418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC656 #565ECE

analogous

#CE8A56 #CEC656 #9ACE56

triadic

#CEC656 #56CEC6 #C656CE

tetradic

#CEC656 #56CE8A #565ECE #CE569A

square

#CEC656 #56CE8A #565ECE #CE569A

split-complementary

#CEC656 #569ACE #8A56CE

monochromatic

#837D26 #B3AA34 #CEC656 #DCD685 #EAE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CEC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC656

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC656	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.133 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d78a',
    500: '#cec656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec656;
$custom-light: #e0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81134,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC656

secondary

#3E438B

accent

#53DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC656

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

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