#CEC85F#CEC85F

#CEC85F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.127 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CEC85F
RGB	rgb(206, 200, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 53.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -11.65, 52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 53.73, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0349 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.127 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1748, 55.2580, 18.9524)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CEC85F #5F65CE

analogous

#CE915F #CEC85F #9DCE5F

triadic

#CEC85F #5FCEC8 #C85FCE

tetradic

#CEC85F #5FCE91 #5F65CE #CE5F9D

square

#CEC85F #5FCE91 #5F65CE #CE5F9D

split-complementary

#CEC85F #5F9DCE #915FCE

monochromatic

#89842A #B8B138 #CEC85F #DCD88E #EBE8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CEC85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CEC85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CEC85F

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CEC85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CEC85F	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)

#D7C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cec85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 200, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.127 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88f',
    500: '#cec85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cec85f;
$custom-light: #dfd88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cec85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81657,
    "c": 0.12746,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CEC85F

secondary

#42468F

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CEC85F

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

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