#CEC65B#CEC65B

#CEC65B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.129 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC65B
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -10.94, 53.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 54.74, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0334 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.129 105)
XYZ	xyz(47.5375, 54.2668, 17.8660)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC65B #5B63CE

analogous

#CE8C5B #CEC65B #9CCE5B

triadic

#CEC65B #5BCEC6 #C65BCE

tetradic

#CEC65B #5BCE8C #5B63CE #CE5B9C

square

#CEC65B #5BCE8C #5B63CE #CE5B9C

split-complementary

#CEC65B #5B9CCE #8C5BCE

monochromatic

#868028 #B6AD36 #CEC65B #DCD68A #EAE7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#CEC65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC65B

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC65B	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)

#D5C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.129 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78d',
    500: '#cec65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec65b;
$custom-light: #dfd78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81188,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.54265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC65B

secondary

#40458D

accent

#55DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC65B

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

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