#CEC65F#CEC65F

#CEC65F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.125 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC65F
RGB	rgb(206, 198, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 53.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -10.63, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 52.92, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.032 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.125 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7147, 54.3377, 18.7991)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC65F #5F67CE

analogous

#CE8F5F #CEC65F #9FCE5F

triadic

#CEC65F #5FCEC6 #C65FCE

tetradic

#CEC65F #5FCE8F #5F67CE #CE5F9F

square

#CEC65F #5FCE8F #5F67CE #CE5F9F

split-complementary

#CEC65F #5F9FCE #8F5FCE

monochromatic

#89822A #B8AE38 #CEC65F #DCD78E #EBE7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CEC65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#CEC65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC65F

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC65F	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 198, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.125 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78f',
    500: '#cec65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec65f;
$custom-light: #dfd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.676,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81234,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC65F

secondary

#42478F

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC65F

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

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