#CEC85B#CEC85B

#CEC85B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.131 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC85B
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -11.96, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 55.55, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0363 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.131 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.9976, 55.1872, 18.0193)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC85B #5B61CE

analogous

#CE8E5B #CEC85B #9ACE5B

triadic

#CEC85B #5BCEC8 #C85BCE

tetradic

#CEC85B #5BCE8E #5B61CE #CE5B9A

square

#CEC85B #5BCE8E #5B61CE #CE5B9A

split-complementary

#CEC85B #5B9ACE #8E5BCE

monochromatic

#868228 #B6AF36 #CEC85B #DCD88A #EAE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CEC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC85B

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC85B	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.131 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88d',
    500: '#cec85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec85b;
$custom-light: #dfd88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81611,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC85B

secondary

#40448D

accent

#52DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC85B

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

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