#CEC854#CEC854

#CEC854 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.137 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC854
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 84)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 59.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -12.47, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 58.64, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0385 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.137 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7097, 55.0720, 16.5026)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC854 #545ACE

analogous

#CE8B54 #CEC854 #97CE54

triadic

#CEC854 #54CEC8 #C854CE

tetradic

#CEC854 #54CE8B #545ACE #CE5497

square

#CEC854 #54CE8B #545ACE #CE5497

split-complementary

#CEC854 #5497CE #8B54CE

monochromatic

#827E25 #B2AC33 #CEC854 #DCD784 #E9E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CEC854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC854

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC854	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)

#D8C147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.137 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d889',
    500: '#cec854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec854;
$custom-light: #e0d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 55.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81537,
    "c": 0.13718,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC854

secondary

#3D408A

accent

#50DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC854

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

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