#CEC65E#CEC65E

#CEC65E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.126 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC65E
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -10.71, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 53.38, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0324 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.126 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6695, 54.3197, 18.5612)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC65E #5E66CE

analogous

#CE8E5E #CEC65E #9ECE5E

triadic

#CEC65E #5ECEC6 #C65ECE

tetradic

#CEC65E #5ECE8E #5E66CE #CE5E9E

square

#CEC65E #5ECE8E #5E66CE #CE5E9E

split-complementary

#CEC65E #5E9ECE #8E5ECE

monochromatic

#888129 #B7AE38 #CEC65E #DCD78D #EBE7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CEC65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC65E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC65E	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)

#D5C054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.126 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78f',
    500: '#cec65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec65e;
$custom-light: #dfd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81223,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC65E

secondary

#41478F

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC65E

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

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