#CEC756#CEC756

#CEC756 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.134 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC756
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -11.82, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 57.38, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0364 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.134 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5583, 54.6421, 16.8441)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC756 #565DCE

analogous

#CE8B56 #CEC756 #99CE56

triadic

#CEC756 #56CEC7 #C756CE

tetradic

#CEC756 #56CE8B #565DCE #CE5699

square

#CEC756 #56CE8B #565DCE #CE5699

split-complementary

#CEC756 #5699CE #8B56CE

monochromatic

#837E26 #B3AC34 #CEC756 #DCD785 #EAE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CEC756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC756

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC756	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)

#D7C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.134 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d78a',
    500: '#cec756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec756;
$custom-light: #e0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81346,
    "c": 0.13449,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC756

secondary

#3E428B

accent

#52DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC756

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

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