#CEC75E#CEC75E

#CEC75E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.127 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC75E
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -11.22, 52.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 53.78, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0338 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.127 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8988, 54.7783, 18.6376)
Luminance	0.5478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC75E #5E65CE

analogous

#CE8F5E #CEC75E #9DCE5E

triadic

#CEC75E #5ECEC7 #C75ECE

tetradic

#CEC75E #5ECE8F #5E65CE #CE5E9D

square

#CEC75E #5ECE8F #5E65CE #CE5E9D

split-complementary

#CEC75E #5E9DCE #8F5ECE

monochromatic

#888229 #B7AF38 #CEC75E #DCD78D #EBE8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CEC75E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#CEC75E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC75E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC75E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC75E	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec75e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.127 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78f',
    500: '#cec75e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec75e;
$custom-light: #dfd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec75e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81434,
    "c": 0.12736,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC75E

secondary

#41468F

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC75E

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

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