#CEC858#CEC858

#CEC858 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.134 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC858
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 57.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -12.18, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 56.89, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0372 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.134 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8708, 55.1364, 17.3514)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC858 #585ECE

analogous

#CE8D58 #CEC858 #99CE58

triadic

#CEC858 #58CEC8 #C858CE

tetradic

#CEC858 #58CE8D #585ECE #CE5899

square

#CEC858 #58CE8D #585ECE #CE5899

split-complementary

#CEC858 #5899CE #8D58CE

monochromatic

#858027 #B4AE35 #CEC858 #DCD887 #EAE7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CEC858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC858

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC858	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.134 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88b',
    500: '#cec858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec858;
$custom-light: #dfd88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 54.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81579,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC858

secondary

#3E428C

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC858

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

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