#CEC755#CEC755

#CEC755 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.135 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC755
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -11.89, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 57.81, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0367 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.135 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5183, 54.6261, 16.6334)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC755 #555CCE

analogous

#CE8B55 #CEC755 #99CE55

triadic

#CEC755 #55CEC7 #C755CE

tetradic

#CEC755 #55CE8B #555CCE #CE5599

square

#CEC755 #55CE8B #555CCE #CE5599

split-complementary

#CEC755 #5599CE #8B55CE

monochromatic

#837D26 #B2AB33 #CEC755 #DCD785 #E9E6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CEC755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC755

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC755	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.135 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d789',
    500: '#cec755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec755;
$custom-light: #e0d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81335,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC755

secondary

#3D428A

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC755

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

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