#CEC65C#CEC65C

#CEC65C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.128 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC65C
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 55.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -10.87, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 54.29, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.033 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.128 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5809, 54.2842, 18.0947)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC65C #5C64CE

analogous

#CE8D5C #CEC65C #9DCE5C

triadic

#CEC65C #5CCEC6 #C65CCE

tetradic

#CEC65C #5CCE8D #5C64CE #CE5C9D

square

#CEC65C #5CCE8D #5C64CE #CE5C9D

split-complementary

#CEC65C #5C9DCE #8D5CCE

monochromatic

#878029 #B6AD37 #CEC65C #DCD68B #EAE7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CEC65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC65C

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC65C	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.128 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78d',
    500: '#cec65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec65c;
$custom-light: #dfd78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.812,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC65C

secondary

#40468E

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC65C

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

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