#CEC65A#CEC65A

#CEC65A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.130 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC65A
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -11.02, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 55.20, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0337 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.13 105)
XYZ	xyz(47.4946, 54.2497, 17.6403)
Luminance	0.5425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC65A #5A62CE

analogous

#CE8C5A #CEC65A #9CCE5A

triadic

#CEC65A #5ACEC6 #C65ACE

tetradic

#CEC65A #5ACE8C #5A62CE #CE5A9C

square

#CEC65A #5ACE8C #5A62CE #CE5A9C

split-complementary

#CEC65A #5A9CCE #8C5ACE

monochromatic

#867F28 #B5AC36 #CEC65A #DCD689 #EAE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CEC65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC65A

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC65A	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.130 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78c',
    500: '#cec65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec65a;
$custom-light: #dfd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81177,
    "c": 0.12998,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.54248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC65A

secondary

#3F458D

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC65A

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

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