#CEC757#CEC757

#CEC757 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.134 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC757
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -11.75, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 56.93, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0361 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.134 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.5988, 54.6583, 17.0578)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC757 #575ECE

analogous

#CE8C57 #CEC757 #99CE57

triadic

#CEC757 #57CEC7 #C757CE

tetradic

#CEC757 #57CE8C #575ECE #CE5799

square

#CEC757 #57CE8C #575ECE #CE5799

split-complementary

#CEC757 #5799CE #8C57CE

monochromatic

#847F27 #B3AC34 #CEC757 #DCD786 #EAE7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CEC757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC757

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC757	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.134 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d78a',
    500: '#cec757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec757;
$custom-light: #e0d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81356,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC757

secondary

#3E438B

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC757

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

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