#CEC85E#CEC85E

#CEC85E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.128 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC85E
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -11.73, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 54.19, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0353 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.128 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1297, 55.2400, 18.7146)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC85E #5E64CE

analogous

#CE905E #CEC85E #9CCE5E

triadic

#CEC85E #5ECEC8 #C85ECE

tetradic

#CEC85E #5ECE90 #5E64CE #CE5E9C

square

#CEC85E #5ECE90 #5E64CE #CE5E9C

split-complementary

#CEC85E #5E9CCE #905ECE

monochromatic

#888329 #B7B038 #CEC85E #DCD88D #EBE8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CEC85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC85E

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC85E	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.128 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88f',
    500: '#cec85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec85e;
$custom-light: #dfd88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81645,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC85E

secondary

#41458F

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC85E

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

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