#CEC856#CEC856

#CEC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.135 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC856
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -12.33, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 57.77, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0379 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.135 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7891, 55.1038, 16.9210)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC856 #565CCE

analogous

#CE8C56 #CEC856 #98CE56

triadic

#CEC856 #56CEC8 #C856CE

tetradic

#CEC856 #56CE8C #565CCE #CE5698

square

#CEC856 #56CE8C #565CCE #CE5698

split-complementary

#CEC856 #5698CE #8C56CE

monochromatic

#837F26 #B3AD34 #CEC856 #DCD785 #EAE7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CEC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC856

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC856	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)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.135 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d88a',
    500: '#cec856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec856;
$custom-light: #e0d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81558,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC856

secondary

#3E418B

accent

#51DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC856

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

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