#CEC855#CEC855

#CEC855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC855
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -12.40, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 58.21, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0382 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.136 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.7491, 55.0878, 16.7103)
Luminance	0.5509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC855 #555BCE

analogous

#CE8C55 #CEC855 #97CE55

triadic

#CEC855 #55CEC8 #C855CE

tetradic

#CEC855 #55CE8C #555BCE #CE5597

square

#CEC855 #55CE8C #555BCE #CE5597

split-complementary

#CEC855 #5597CE #8C55CE

monochromatic

#837E26 #B2AC33 #CEC855 #DCD785 #E9E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CEC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC855

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC855	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d889',
    500: '#cec855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec855;
$custom-light: #e0d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81547,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC855

secondary

#3D418A

accent

#51DF49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC855

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

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