#CEC658#CEC658

#CEC658 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.132 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC658
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 57.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -11.17, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 56.09, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0343 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.132 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4107, 54.2161, 17.1980)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC658 #5860CE

analogous

#CE8B58 #CEC658 #9BCE58

triadic

#CEC658 #58CEC6 #C658CE

tetradic

#CEC658 #58CE8B #5860CE #CE589B

square

#CEC658 #58CE8B #5860CE #CE589B

split-complementary

#CEC658 #589BCE #8B58CE

monochromatic

#857E27 #B4AB35 #CEC658 #DCD687 #EAE6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC658 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CEC658 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC658

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC658	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC658	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)

#D5C04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec658;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.132 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78b',
    500: '#cec658',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec658;
$custom-light: #dfd78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec658",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.932,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81155,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC658

secondary

#3E448C

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC658

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

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