#CEC85C#CEC85C

#CEC85C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.130 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC85C
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 55.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -11.88, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 55.10, 102.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.0359 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.13 106)
XYZ	xyz(48.0411, 55.2045, 18.2480)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC85C #5C62CE

analogous

#CE8F5C #CEC85C #9BCE5C

triadic

#CEC85C #5CCEC8 #C85CCE

tetradic

#CEC85C #5CCE8F #5C62CE #CE5C9B

square

#CEC85C #5CCE8F #5C62CE #CE5C9B

split-complementary

#CEC85C #5C9BCE #8F5CCE

monochromatic

#878229 #B6AF37 #CEC85C #DCD88B #EAE8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CEC85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC85C

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC85C	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)

#D7C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.130 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88e',
    500: '#cec85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec85c;
$custom-light: #dfd88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 53.774,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81623,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.55203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC85C

secondary

#40448E

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC85C

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

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