#CEC753#CEC753

#CEC753 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.137 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC753
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -12.03, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 58.68, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0374 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.137 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4399, 54.5947, 16.2208)
Luminance	0.5459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC753 #535ACE

analogous

#CE8A53 #CEC753 #98CE53

triadic

#CEC753 #53CEC7 #C753CE

tetradic

#CEC753 #53CE8A #535ACE #CE5398

square

#CEC753 #53CE8A #535ACE #CE5398

split-complementary

#CEC753 #5398CE #8A53CE

monochromatic

#827C25 #B1AA33 #CEC753 #DCD783 #E9E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC753 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CEC753 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC753

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC753	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC753	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec753;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.137 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d788',
    500: '#cec753',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec753;
$custom-light: #e0d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec753",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81315,
    "c": 0.13702,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC753

secondary

#3C4189

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC753

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

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