#CEC65D#CEC65D

#CEC65D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.127 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC65D
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 54.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -10.79, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 53.83, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0327 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.127 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6249, 54.3018, 18.3264)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC65D #5D65CE

analogous

#CE8D5D #CEC65D #9DCE5D

triadic

#CEC65D #5DCEC6 #C65DCE

tetradic

#CEC65D #5DCE8D #5D65CE #CE5D9D

square

#CEC65D #5DCE8D #5D65CE #CE5D9D

split-complementary

#CEC65D #5D9DCE #8D5DCE

monochromatic

#888129 #B7AE37 #CEC65D #DCD78C #EAE7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CEC65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC65D

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC65D	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)

#D5C053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.127 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78e',
    500: '#cec65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec65d;
$custom-light: #dfd78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81211,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC65D

secondary

#41468E

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC65D

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

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