#CEC85A#CEC85A

#CEC85A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.132 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC85A
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -12.04, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 56.00, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0366 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.132 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9548, 55.1700, 17.7937)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC85A #5A60CE

analogous

#CE8E5A #CEC85A #9ACE5A

triadic

#CEC85A #5ACEC8 #C85ACE

tetradic

#CEC85A #5ACE8E #5A60CE #CE5A9A

square

#CEC85A #5ACE8E #5A60CE #CE5A9A

split-complementary

#CEC85A #5A9ACE #8E5ACE

monochromatic

#868128 #B5AE36 #CEC85A #DCD889 #EAE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CEC85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CEC85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC85A

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC85A	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)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.132 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88c',
    500: '#cec85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec85a;
$custom-light: #dfd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.816,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC85A

secondary

#3F438D

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC85A

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

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