#CEC765#CEC765

#CEC765 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC765
RGB	rgb(206, 199, 101)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 51%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -10.64, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 50.53, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0314 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.121 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2273, 54.9097, 20.3676)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC765 #656CCE

analogous

#CE9265 #CEC765 #A0CE65

triadic

#CEC765 #65CEC7 #C765CE

tetradic

#CEC765 #65CE92 #656CCE #CE65A0

square

#CEC765 #65CE92 #656CCE #CE65A0

split-complementary

#CEC765 #65A0CE #9265CE

monochromatic

#8C862D #BAB23B #CEC765 #DDD893 #ECE9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CEC765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC765

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC765	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 199, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd793',
    500: '#cec765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec765;
$custom-light: #dfd793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81519,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC765

secondary

#454A93

accent

#31BF26

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC765

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

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