#CEC853#CEC853

#CEC853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.138 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC853
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -12.54, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 59.08, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0388 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.138 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6708, 55.0564, 16.2978)
Luminance	0.5505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC853 #5359CE

analogous

#CE8B53 #CEC853 #97CE53

triadic

#CEC853 #53CEC8 #C853CE

tetradic

#CEC853 #53CE8B #5359CE #CE5397

square

#CEC853 #53CE8B #5359CE #CE5397

split-complementary

#CEC853 #5397CE #8B53CE

monochromatic

#827D25 #B1AB33 #CEC853 #DCD783 #E9E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CEC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC853

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC853	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.138 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d888',
    500: '#cec853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec853;
$custom-light: #e0d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81527,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC853

secondary

#3C4089

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC853

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

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