#CEC657#CEC657

#CEC657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.133 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC657
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -11.24, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 56.54, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0347 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.133 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3695, 54.1997, 16.9813)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC657 #575FCE

analogous

#CE8A57 #CEC657 #9BCE57

triadic

#CEC657 #57CEC6 #C657CE

tetradic

#CEC657 #57CE8A #575FCE #CE579B

square

#CEC657 #57CE8A #575FCE #CE579B

split-complementary

#CEC657 #579BCE #8A57CE

monochromatic

#847E27 #B3AB34 #CEC657 #DCD686 #EAE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CEC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC657

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC657	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)

#D5C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.133 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d78a',
    500: '#cec657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec657;
$custom-light: #e0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81145,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC657

secondary

#3E438B

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC657

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

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