#CEC75C#CEC75C

#CEC75C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.129 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC75C
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 55.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -11.37, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 54.69, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0345 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.129 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8102, 54.7429, 18.1711)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC75C #5C63CE

analogous

#CE8E5C #CEC75C #9CCE5C

triadic

#CEC75C #5CCEC7 #C75CCE

tetradic

#CEC75C #5CCE8E #5C63CE #CE5C9C

square

#CEC75C #5CCE8E #5C63CE #CE5C9C

split-complementary

#CEC75C #5C9CCE #8E5CCE

monochromatic

#878129 #B6AE37 #CEC75C #DCD78B #EAE7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC75C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CEC75C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC75C

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC75C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC75C	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec75c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.129 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78d',
    500: '#cec75c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec75c;
$custom-light: #dfd78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec75c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81411,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC75C

secondary

#40458E

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC75C

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

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